Hi,

I'm trying to install Fluxbox, but so far I haven't gotten very far.
the tarball goes as far as configure to say that C can't create the binaries (any ideas?) and with the rpm I got from rpmfind.net I have leaped in to a dependency problem bc I can't figure out where to get libstdc++.so.2.10 from.

Please help me I would really like to have fluxbox installed.

Anne

well that'll be effectively the same problem on both formats. you need gcc and glibc installed in order to be able to compile programs. install them from your installation cd's or go to rpmfind.net and get them there.

I could have sworn that I have both of them installed, but I will check.
I do have to libstdc++.so btw, but a diferent version 2.9 (which came with gcc 2.9.6 which RH 7.3 ships?), I've been trying to get the 2.10 version, but I can't find out where to get it.

Anne

I am using RH7.3 I dont have any problem install fluxbox. By the way maybe you can do a updates using Redhat Network and get much of the things updated.

That's the strange thing about it, I have been updating using up2date, and -I must have not been quit awake yesterday- I have compiled things before so I have gcc.

I will try figuring out what's wrong this evening. Maybe I messed up some things during one of my "hey-let's-try-some-things-out-nights".

Anne

Well, here's the output I get
[anne@localhost fluxbox-0.1.10]$ ./configure --enable-gnome
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

I do have gcc and glibc installed.
Also the rpm failes claiming it needs glibstdc++.so.2.10, but I have the 2.9 version and have no idea where to get the 2.10 version, I can't find it anywhere.


Anne

update:

I got the first things that were missing working, they are now found.
So that leaves me with the problem of why my gcc isn't working.

Anne

I need help installing fluxbox i had fluxbox installed before and i couldn't work it cause ima noob! so i installed gnome and know i think i know enough to install fluxbox back!

First i downloaded fluxbox from http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/ and i downloaded the fluxbox-1.14.tar.gz I extracted it and i need the online install how-to's and i did the ./configure and i get 2 errors one error is:

3 root@linux:[/home/sa7ura73d/Downloaded/fluxbox-0.1.14]# ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
/home/sa7ura73d/Downloaded/fluxbox-0.1.14/missing: Unknown `--run' option
Try `/home/sa7ura73d/Downloaded/fluxbox-0.1.14/missing --help' for more information
configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing


the other is


checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check

and ive read about the c++ error and it said something bout gcc and i looked and i have the newest version!

After i do ./configure i try and do make and i get this:

4 root@linux:[/home/sa7ura73d/Downloaded/fluxbox-0.1.14]# make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

And the mauals i read talked about either haveing a console login or graphical and i have a console and i looked for the .xintrc file and its in /home/ i dont know if thats the right spot but in that file it says fluxbox!




Sry for the long post but if i could get some help i would appreciate it!

In response to xp1o1d5's question, if you have a configuration error, then the makefile will not be made. Also, when compiling a program you should be useing your regular user account and not root. You only need to go into root when doing 'make install'. What distro are you useing? If you're useing a rpm based distro you might consider just getting the fluxbox rpm and installing it that way.

Are you running ./configure from an NTFS or FAT32 filesystem? If so, that would explain why gcc can't create an executable.