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Is it possible to install Snavtclient, as i don't have much idea but i heard that i can view cameras online for AVTECH DVR once it is installed, i tried to download and install it through terminal but got this error. Thank you.
*** The sdl-config script installed by SDL could not be found
*** If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to sdl-config.
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Wow thanks josh that was really quick, i will try and tell you the results here.
Code:
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for asciidoc... asciidoc
checking for htmldoc... htmldoc
checking for a2x... a2x
checking for docbook2pdf... docbook2pdf
checking whether to enable assertions... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking time.h usability... yes
checking time.h presence... yes
checking for time.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking getopt.h usability... yes
checking getopt.h presence... yes
checking for getopt.h... yes
checking errno.h usability... yes
checking errno.h presence... yes
checking for errno.h... yes
checking pwd.h usability... yes
checking pwd.h presence... yes
checking for pwd.h... yes
checking fcntl.h usability... yes
checking fcntl.h presence... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking for errno.h... (cached) yes
checking assert.h usability... yes
checking assert.h presence... yes
checking for assert.h... yes
checking for sdl-config... no
checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.12... no
*** The sdl-config script installed by SDL could not be found
*** If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to sdl-config.
configure: error: Could not find a required library SDL
[root@localhost snavtclient-0.0.4]# su
[root@localhost snavtclient-0.0.4]# make INSTALL
make: Nothing to be done for `INSTALL'.
[root@localhost snavtclient-0.0.4]# ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for asciidoc... asciidoc
checking for htmldoc... htmldoc
checking for a2x... a2x
checking for docbook2pdf... docbook2pdf
checking whether to enable assertions... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking time.h usability... yes
checking time.h presence... yes
checking for time.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking getopt.h usability... yes
checking getopt.h presence... yes
checking for getopt.h... yes
checking errno.h usability... yes
checking errno.h presence... yes
checking for errno.h... yes
checking pwd.h usability... yes
checking pwd.h presence... yes
checking for pwd.h... yes
checking fcntl.h usability... yes
checking fcntl.h presence... yes
checking for fcntl.h... yes
checking for errno.h... (cached) yes
checking assert.h usability... yes
checking assert.h presence... yes
checking for assert.h... yes
checking for sdl-config... no
checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.12... no
*** The sdl-config script installed by SDL could not be found
*** If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
*** your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG environment variable to the
*** full path to sdl-config.
configure: error: Could not find a required library SDL
The output was still the same so thought of copying everything here. thank you.
You are absolutely GENIUS. Thank you i was able to install it but i am not much familiar with commands so ill take care of it. THANKS a ton. Is it ok if i remove the previous installation you suggested ? as i am running out of space.
What previous installation are you talking about? And since your problem is solved, please mark the thread as [SOLVED] using the thread tools at the top, and give rep if appplicable. Thanks!
What previous installation are you talking about? And since your problem is solved, please mark the thread as [SOLVED] using the thread tools at the top, and give rep if appplicable. Thanks!
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