[SWLUG] can anyone help? Installing avi-xmms

[dan]

Peter Prior wrote:

> dan at localhost ~]$ file /usr/bin/gcc
> /usr/bin/gcc: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Hitachi SH, version 1 (SYSV), 
> for GNU/Linux 2.2.15, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
> [dan at localhost ~]$
>
> That would be your problem.. somehow you've installed GCC for the 
> Hitachi SH processor which according to Gareth Bowker is the processor 
> used in the dreamcast.
> Firstly,  bravo :)
> Secondly, you may want to check you install i386 / i586 rpms as I 
> presume you're running on an intel / amd platform.
>
> Once you have, rerunning file /usr/bin/gcc should give you something 
> like:
>
> pprior at gentoo ~ $ file /usr/bin/gcc
> /usr/bin/gcc: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 
> (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.4.1, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), 
> stripped
> pprior at gentoo ~ $
>
> Note the Intel 80386 bit :)
>
> Pete
>
> dan wrote:
>
>> Peter Prior wrote:
>>
>>> What does file /usr/bin/gcc give you?
>>> Try running gcc on its own and see what that gives you.  it should 
>>> be something like "no input files".
>>>
>>> Pete
>>>
>>> dan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Peter Prior wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Do you have gcc installed ?
>>>>>
>>>>> you can check by doing: rpm -qa |grep gcc
>>>>>
>>>>> If you haven't - install it.  If it is installed, run: file 
>>>>> /usr/bin/gcc and see what it gives you.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only time I've seen that before is where the binary file 
>>>>> (program) has been compiled for the wrong architecture / os, but I 
>>>>> could be wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>> Pete
>>>>>
>>>>> dan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>>
>>>>>> can anyone answer this one for me please? as i have spent a whole 
>>>>>> day trying to work this out sorry i am a bit of a noob
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [dan at localhost avi-xmms-1.2.3]$ ./configure && make && make install
>>>>>> loading cache ./config.cache
>>>>>> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>>>>>> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
>>>>>> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
>>>>>> checking for working aclocal... found
>>>>>> checking for working autoconf... found
>>>>>> checking for working automake... found
>>>>>> checking for working autoheader... found
>>>>>> checking for working makeinfo... missing
>>>>>> checking for gcc... gcc
>>>>>> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
>>>>>> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C 
>>>>>> compiler cannot create executables.
>>>>>> [dan at localhost avi-xmms-1.2.3]$
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and the config.log shows:-
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
>>>>>> running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> configure:752: checking for a BSD compatible install
>>>>>> configure:805: checking whether build environment is sane
>>>>>> configure:862: checking whether make sets ${MAKE}
>>>>>> configure:908: checking for working aclocal
>>>>>> configure:921: checking for working autoconf
>>>>>> configure:934: checking for working automake
>>>>>> configure:947: checking for working autoheader
>>>>>> configure:960: checking for working makeinfo
>>>>>> configure:1026: checking for gcc
>>>>>> configure:1139: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works
>>>>>> configure:1155: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
>>>>>> ./configure: line 1154: /usr/bin/gcc: cannot execute binary file
>>>>>> configure: failed program was:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #line 1150 "configure"
>>>>>> #include "confdefs.h"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dan
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> yeha i think so
>>>>
>>>> [dan at localhost ~]$ rpm -qa |grep gcc
>>>> gcc-3.0.4-3
>>>> libgcc-3.4.3-4
>>>> [dan at localhost ~]$
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> it gives me
>>
>> [dan at localhost ~]$ file /usr/bin/gcc
>> /usr/bin/gcc: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Hitachi SH, version 1 
>> (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.15, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), 
>> stripped
>> [dan at localhost ~]$
>>
>
>
hey cool i am getting there slowly

got it installed it tells me i need glib??

[root at blackstar avi-xmms-1.2.3]# ./configure && make && make install
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for c++... c++
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) works... yes
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C++... yes
checking whether c++ accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for Cygwin environment... no
checking for mingw32 environment... no
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependant libraries... pass_all
checking for object suffix... o
checking for executable suffix... no
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
creating libtool
checking for glib-config... no
checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.2... no
*** The glib-config script installed by GLIB could not be found
*** If GLIB was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the GLIB_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to glib-config.
configure: error: *** GLIB >= 1.2.2 not installed - please install first ***
[root at blackstar avi-xmms-1.2.3]#

what do you think????