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nrmx
10-10-2002, 06:49 PM
I am trying to complie FluxBox. I am getting this error

[root@localhost fluxbox-0.1.12]# ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
/downloads/fluxbox-0.1.12/missing: Unknown `--run' option
Try `/downloads/fluxbox-0.1.12/missing --help' for more information
configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
[root@localhost fluxbox-0.1.12]#

Whats wrong?
ferreter
10-10-2002, 06:53 PM
Have you been able to compile other tarballs? I'm guessing not as configure can't seem to find gcc. Try doing a "su -" command and running configure. Maybe your $PATH environment variable is screwed.
carrja99
10-10-2002, 06:57 PM
Sounds like you don't have gcc installed. You MUST have gcc installed in order to compile programs/sources. What distro are you using? IMHO, gcc is a mandatory component of a Linux Distro.
nrmx
10-10-2002, 07:01 PM
Red Hat 8.0 I am new I don't know to much.
ferreter
10-10-2002, 07:13 PM
Do you remember installing the development packages? GCC is the C++ compiler. You may be better off starting with gnome or kde and working with rpms to start out if your brand new to linux. GnoRpm is an excellent gnome based rpm manager which will be your friend :D

If you "su -" to root and type in "gcc" does it find a command?
nrmx
10-10-2002, 07:34 PM
No din't install those packages. I did and I get this..

checking for getpid... yes
checking for setlocale... yes
checking for sigaction... yes
checking for strftime... yes
checking for strcasestr... yes
checking for snprintf... yes
checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking for catopen... yes
checking for catgets... yes
checking for catclose... yes
checking for t_open in -lnsl... no
checking for socket in -lsocket... no
checking for X... no
configure: error: Fluxbox requires the X Window System libraries and headers.

What now?
ferreter
10-10-2002, 11:42 PM
Well install X11 :rolleyes:

I've never had to install it from scratch, but I'm sure your resourceful enough to find out, try www.tldp.org.

That's what I'd do at least.