Anybody familiar with xscreensaver-4.06. When I tried to compile the source I got the error message at the end of this log.

current directory: /home/yawara/downloads/xscreensaver-4.06
command line was: ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... 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 whether the compiler works on ANSI C... yes
Turning on gcc compiler warnings.
checking whether gcc accepts -std... yes
Disabling C++ comments in ANSI C code.
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wnested-externs -std=c89 -U__STRICT_ANSI__ -E
checking for gcc -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wnested-externs -std=c89 -U__STRICT_ANSI__ option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... __inline__
checking for bc... no

configure: error: Your system doesn't have "bc", which has been a standard
part of Unix since the 1970s. Come back when your vendor
has grown a clue.



Any suggestions on where I can get the "bc"? Thanks

*sigh*

No ofense meant, but a search on freshmeat would
have been faster than typing your question :}

bc

Cheers,
Tink

yes, I know, but I wanted to compile or shall we say, do it from scratch, so that I can learn more. Thanks for this.

if you have redhat try installing the package bc-version.rpm, with the command rpm -Uvh bc-version.rpm

Heh ... what I meant was that searching for bc
on freshmeat would have been faster than asking here ;)
with the same result and not being told of for asking :)

Cheers,
Tink