Compiling Just Doesn't Wann Work

sovietpower · 11-09-2003, 07:13 PM

I am having trouble compiling games, the games I am trying are games that use the SDL stuff. Well I can't compile the SDL stuff either, it lets me ./configure but not make here is what I get when I try

cd . && aclocal
cd . && automake --foreign --include-deps Makefile
Makefile.am: required file `./depcomp' not found
make: *** [Makefile.in] Error 1

beats me I have no clue, compiling has never worked for me before on Mandrake either, I now run Slackware 9.1

Micro420 · 11-09-2003, 08:07 PM

I use Mandrake 9.1 and can't compile anything.

Maybe you can look for an RPM? Those never fail me!

watashiwaotaku7 · 11-09-2003, 10:47 PM

are you root? make shouldnt bomb out if your not root but make install will if your having problems try su-ing and then compiling

sovietpower · 11-09-2003, 11:08 PM

yes I am root it still doesnt work

redhatnoob · 11-10-2003, 12:19 AM

Yea. I know what you mean. I am on Red Hat 9 and everytime i compile something such as Wine or any other program, i get errors.

runen · 11-10-2003, 03:19 AM

Try this command:

sh ./autogen.sh

hulkt · 11-10-2003, 06:14 AM

verify that u have all required dependencies to compile stuff

sovietpower · 11-10-2003, 08:44 AM

Yeah I'm pretty sure I am missing dependencies, I don't understand those though.