Need help installing mplayer in Mandrake 10.0 Community. What happens is I get an eror saying I need to install the "gcc compiler" ver 2.95. Simple right? Problem is, I can't find this version of the compiler for Mandrake 10.0, I looked everwhere I know of, and found it for pretty much every distro but mine. Is this because this version doenst exist for 10.0? I tried later versions of the compiler, but when installing mplayer, it will tell me that the version isn't compatible.

I've tried looking at

sourceforge.net
rpmfind.net
google

No Luck, any help? Please keep in mind I have little idea as to what I'm doing.Thanks to all.

try checking out this link, hope this helps :-) http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...04/04/1/122131

its right in gcc ftp site
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/gcc-2....ng-2.95.tar.gz
other than that, you should have gcc on your distros cds ...

You could also get an rpm version with urpmi from the contribs or a plf mirror and forget about compiling it. I got it and it fetched the win32-codecs along with - it'll play most anything now.

yeah... I think it's better to vectordrake... I'm using slackware, got binaries for my distro and I'm playing everything I need =)

Ok so U "unzip" the gcc 2.95 file then chage to it's directory and type "./configure" after that I get this.


Options: [defaults in brackets]
--prefix=MYDIR install into MYDIR [/usr/local]
--exec-prefix=MYDIR install host-dependent files into MYDIR [/usr/local]
--help print this message [normal config]
--build=BUILD configure for building on BUILD [BUILD=HOST]
--host=HOST configure for HOST [determined via config.guess]
--norecursion configure this directory only [recurse]
--program-prefix=FOO prepend FOO to installed program names [""]
--program-suffix=FOO append FOO to installed program names [""]
--program-transform-name=P transform installed names by sed pattern P [""]
--site=SITE configure with site-specific makefile for SITE
--srcdir=DIR find the sources in DIR [. or ..]
--target=TARGET configure for TARGET [TARGET=HOST]
--tmpdir=TMPDIR create temporary files in TMPDIR [/tmp]
--nfp configure for software floating point [hard float]
--with-FOO, --with-FOO=BAR package FOO is available (parameter BAR)
--without-FOO package FOO is NOT available
--enable-FOO, --enable-FOO=BAR include feature FOO (parameter BAR)
--disable-FOO do not include feature FOO

Where HOST and TARGET are something like "sparc-sunos", "mips-sgi-irix5", etc.

NO idea what to type in at this point.

Anyone know where to take it from here? What is "getting an rpm version with urpmi from the contribs or a plf mirror and forget about compiling it"...No idea what this means eithier.

Correction, what I typed once I switched into the gcc directory was "./configure"

Then I get the error:

Config.guess failed to determine the host type. You need to specify one.
Usage: configure [OPTIONS] [HOST]

Options: [defaults in brackets]
--prefix=MYDIR install into MYDIR [/usr/local]
--exec-prefix=MYDIR install host-dependent files into MYDIR [/usr/local]
--help print this message [normal config]
--build=BUILD configure for building on BUILD [BUILD=HOST]
--host=HOST configure for HOST [determined via config.guess]
--norecursion configure this directory only [recurse]
--program-prefix=FOO prepend FOO to installed program names [""]
--program-suffix=FOO append FOO to installed program names [""]
--program-transform-name=P transform installed names by sed pattern P [""]
--site=SITE configure with site-specific makefile for SITE
--srcdir=DIR find the sources in DIR [. or ..]
--target=TARGET configure for TARGET [TARGET=HOST]
--tmpdir=TMPDIR create temporary files in TMPDIR [/tmp]
--nfp configure for software floating point [hard float]
--with-FOO, --with-FOO=BAR package FOO is available (parameter BAR)
--without-FOO package FOO is NOT available
--enable-FOO, --enable-FOO=BAR include feature FOO (parameter BAR)
--disable-FOO do not include feature FOO

Where HOST and TARGET are something like "sparc-sunos", "mips-sgi-irix5", etc.

Now I don't really get what the error "Config.guess failed to determine the host type. You need to specify one.
Usage: configure [OPTIONS] [HOST]" means. This is where I need to know what to type in. Thank again to all.

im surprised that gcc didnt come with your distro...

anyway, when i built gcc from source, it didnt work so well and i had to reformat...

i think you need to run './configure --prefix=/usr/local' then 'make bootstrap' and then 'make install' (obviously all from root). this i what ive found from a short time on google.

Install gcc from your CD's. Don't forget gcc-devel. Compiling gcc was the hardest thing I've ever done and I won't do it again, ever. So save yourself some good, huge amount of time and install from the CD's . Just type:

urpmi gcc
urpmi gcc-devel

good luck!

urpmi is a package manager for Mandrake that make the usage of rpm's easier. If you type "mcc" at the console, Mandrake control center will open and you can take a look at the packages there. You will find urpmi and the current media. By default, Mandrake CD's will be added as media. If you type at the terminal, as root, "urpmi gcc", you will be asked for your Mandrake CD's in order to install gcc.

It's also possible to, instead of using the CD's, to download the packages you need from a mirror on the net. If you wish to do so, remove the media from urpmi at your control panel, and go here:

http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php

follow the 3 steps suggested there and you are all set...

Good luck!

Well, I tried to install it from the cd's but I need Cd number 4, which I don't have and am unable to find. When I try the packages then the above errors happen. I will try the "urmpi" thing, but in the meantime where would you get the 4th cd? I've tried the mandrake website, and went through all the ftp sites it had listed there. I've tried looking for the torrent, rpmfind, sourceforge, etc. I also need cd4 to install the "urmpi" thig as well. I'll continue looking an try the other site listed. Thanks.

I did what the website asked and in terminal I got this error:


urpmi.addmedia --update updates ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/pub /mirror/Mandrake/official/updates/10.0/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz
using different removable device [/dev/hdc] for "Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1 )"
using different removable device [/dev/hdc] for "Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2 )"
using different removable device [/dev/hdc] for "Installation CD 3 (x86) (cdrom3 )"
using different removable device [/dev/hdc] for "Installation CD 4 (x86) (cdrom4 )"
added medium updates
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86 ) (cdrom1).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86 ) (cdrom2).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 3 (x86 ) (cdrom3).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 4 (x86 ) (cdrom4).cz]
retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "updates"...
ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/pub/mirror/Mandr...base/hdlist.cz
found probed hdlist (or synthesis) as ../base/hdlist.cz
...retrieving done
examining hdlist file [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.updates.cz]
writing list file for medium "updates"
examining pubkey file of "updates"...
...imported key 22458a98 from pubkey file of "updates"
built hdlist synthesis file for medium "updates"
found 0 headers in cache
removing 0 obsolete headers in cache
write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg]
ficial/10.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.czp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/of
added medium main
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 3 (x86) (cdrom3).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 4 (x86) (cdrom4).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.updates.cz]
retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "main"...
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...base/hdlist.cz
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...esis.hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...esis.hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...esis.hdlist.cz
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...sis.hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...sis.hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...sis.hdlist1.cz
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...sis.hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...sis.hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...sis.hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux

-Lost once again. Thanks.

urpmi.removemedia cdrom4

When you installed in the beginning, you must have clicked "yes" nstead of "no" when it asked you to throw in cd4. Its an extra that's available to Mandrakeclub members only. You don't need it. Its basically the "contribs" which you can get from an ftp mirror. You don't need it to get urpmi. urpmi is installed by default. You don't need cd4 for gcc either. Gcc is in the "development" section. A lot of people complain that the kernel sources aren't included with Mandrake as well - they're on the cd - just not installed by default (now you know more than they do!). Everything that every other Linux distro has by default, Mandrake has too - and more.

Ok, vectordrake I put that command into terminal and I got the following:

[bsanks@localhost bsanks]$ urpmi.removemedia cdrom4
bash: urpmi.removemedia: command not found
[bsanks@localhost bsanks]$ su root
Password:
[root@localhost bsanks]# urpmi.removemedia cdrom4
removing medium "Installation CD 4 (x86) (cdrom4)"
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86
) (cdrom1).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86
) (cdrom2).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 3 (x86
) (cdrom3).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.updates.cz]
found 0 headers in cache
removing 0 obsolete headers in cache
write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg]
[root@localhost bsanks]# urpmi.addmedia --update updates ftp://ftp.tugraz.at/pub
/mirror/Mandrake/official/updates/10.0/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz
medium "updates" already exists
[root@localhost bsanks]# urpmi.addmedia main ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/of
ficial/10.0/i586/Mandrake/RPMS with ../base/hdlist.cz
added medium main
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86
) (cdrom1).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86
) (cdrom2).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 3 (x86
) (cdrom3).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.updates.cz]
retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "main"...
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...base/hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...PMS/synthesis.
hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ase/synthesis.
hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ynthesis.hdlis
t.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ase/synthesis.
hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ase/synthesis.
hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ynthesis.hdlis
t1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ynthesis.hdlis
t2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...PMS/synthesis.
hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...PMS/synthesis.
hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...RPMS/hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...base/hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...rake/hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ase/hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ase/hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ake/hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ake/hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...PMS/hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...PMS/hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
retrieval of source hdlist (or synthesis) failed
[root@localhost bsanks]# urpmi.addmedia contrib ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...0/contrib/i586 with ../../i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist2.cz
added medium contrib
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86) (cdrom1).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86) (cdrom2).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.Installation CD 3 (x86) (cdrom3).cz]
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.updates.cz]
retrieving source hdlist (or synthesis) of "contrib"...
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ase/hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...esis.hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...esis.hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...esis.hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...sis.hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...sis.hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...sis.hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...sis.hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...sis.hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...sis.hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...i586/hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...base/hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...trib/hdlist.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ase/hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...ase/hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...rib/hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...rib/hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...586/hdlist1.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
ftp://ftp.cpan.org/Mandrakelinux/off...586/hdlist2.cz
...retrieving failed: curl: (9) Couldn't cd to Mandrakelinux
retrieval of source hdlist (or synthesis) failed
no hdlist file found for medium "contrib"
examining synthesis file [/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.contrib.cz]
problem reading synthesis file of medium "contrib"
unable to update medium "contrib"

-On a side note, I heard the "Mepis" distro was alot easier to use. In you opinion is that true? Or should I go back to Fedora Core? Would rather get this going then give up, but I've already taken to naps to avoid breaking my computer. That and I'm all all out of pressure pills I really do appreciate the help.

Also, a moment of irony. I started this thread saying "K here's an easy one. Help installing mplayer.." just thought that was funny.