got some errors on the end of that command
root@slack01:~/esound-0.2.8# ./configure ; make all
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... yes
checking for _ prefix in compiled symbols... no
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for object suffix... o
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions ... no
checking if gcc static flag -static works... -static
checking if the linker (/usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for /usr/i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Linux ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
creating libtool
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking for working const... yes
checking for connect... yes
checking for gethostbyname... yes
checking for nanosleep... yes
checking for inet_aton... yes
checking for getopt_long... yes
checking for sys/filio.h... no
checking for sys/ioctl.h... yes
---------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Checking to see which audio header files your system uses.
--- Most of these checks should fail. Do not be alarmed.
checking for soundcard.h... no
checking for sys/soundcard.h... yes
checking for machine/soundcard.h... no
checking for sys/audio.h... no
checking for sys/audioio.h... no
checking for sys/audio.io.h... no
checking for sun/audioio.h... no
checking for dmedia/audio.h... no
checking for sys/soundlib.h... no
checking for sys/asoundlib.h... no
---------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Checking to see which audio libraries are required for linking.
--- Most of these checks should also fail. Do not be alarmed.
checking for _oss_ioctl... no
checking for _oss_ioctl in -lossaudio... no
checking for ALnewconfig... no
checking for ALnewconfig in -laudio... no
checking for snd_cards... no
checking for snd_cards in -lsound... no
checking for snd_cards... (cached) no
checking for snd_cards in -lasound... no
---------------------------------------------------------------------
--- Checking for the audiofile library. NOTE: This library is now
REQUIRED from proper compilation of the esound package.
checking for audiofile-config... /usr/bin/audiofile-config
checking for AUDIOFILE - version >= 0.1.5... yes
--- libaudiofile found. Building esound with audiofile support
---------------------------------------------------------------------
checking if your platform supports esddsp... yes
checking for dlopen... no
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
updating cache ./config.cache
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
creating esd-config
creating esound.spec
creating esddsp
creating config.h
/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c esdlib.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c -fPIC -DPIC esdlib.c -o esdlib.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c esdlib.c -o esdlib.o >/dev/null 2>&1
/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c esdmgr.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c -fPIC -DPIC esdmgr.c -o esdmgr.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c esdmgr.c -o esdmgr.o >/dev/null 2>&1
/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c esdfile.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c -fPIC -DPIC esdfile.c -o esdfile.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c esdfile.c -o esdfile.o >/dev/null 2>&1
/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c audio.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c -fPIC -DPIC audio.c -o audio.lo
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c audio.c -o audio.o >/dev/null 2>&1
/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -o libesd.la -rpath /usr/local/lib -version-info 2:8:2 esdlib.lo esdmgr.lo esdfile.lo audio.lo -L/usr/lib -laudiofile -lm -lm
mkdir .libs
gcc -shared -Wl,-soname -Wl,libesd.so.0 -o .libs/libesd.so.0.2.8 esdlib.lo esdmgr.lo esdfile.lo audio.lo -L/usr/lib -laudiofile -lm -lm -lc
(cd .libs && ln -s libesd.so.0.2.8 libesd.so.0)
(cd .libs && ln -s libesd.so.0.2.8 libesd.so)
ar cru .libs/libesd.a esdlib.o esdmgr.o esdfile.o audio.o
ranlib .libs/libesd.a
creating libesd.la
(cd .libs && ln -s ../libesd.la libesd.la)
/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c esddsp.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -c -fPIC -DPIC esddsp.c -o esddsp.lo
esddsp.c: In function `open':
esddsp.c:172: error: `RTLD_NEXT' undeclared (first use in this function)
esddsp.c:172: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
esddsp.c:172: error: for each function it appears in.)
esddsp.c: In function `ioctl':
esddsp.c:373: error: `RTLD_NEXT' undeclared (first use in this function)
esddsp.c: In function `close':
esddsp.c:392: error: `RTLD_NEXT' undeclared (first use in this function)
make: *** [esddsp.lo] Error 1
root@slack01:~/esound-0.2.8#