compiling xchat with gcc under debian

Selos · 08-30-2004, 08:52 AM

i wanted to use xchat on debian, but it seems i have to compile the source code of xchat. i downloaded the source to find out that my debian seems not to have installed any gcc compiler. so i did an apt-get install gcc and tried again with ./configure ; make, but it says me that the compiler can not build executables.

is there anything i have to set up furthermore?

i am logged in as root.

HansOlo · 08-30-2004, 10:43 AM

I just did apt-get install xchat and it worked for me.

If you got your mind set on compiling it, there are more packages you need in order to compile.. I got it to work on mine, but I couldn't tell you what all I had to install. Some of the ones I did are:
automake1.4
make
g++

Maybe someone can list all of the packages necessary for development.

Selos · 08-30-2004, 12:48 PM

yeah i made xchat install with apt-get but it told me that i don't have a C compiler, so ein apt-get'ed gcc and then i had the error with the executable i postet above

macondo · 08-30-2004, 01:16 PM

hehe, whatever hapenned to:

#apt-get update
#apt-get upgrade

#apt-get install xchat

APT-HOWTO
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap.../index.en.html

do not come back until you know it by heart.

Selos · 08-31-2004, 04:31 PM

well, xchat now works, but other source codes i still am not able to compile ;(
it says i am lacking an C compiler, but i'm sure gcc is quite what i need

i googled but i did not find something to apt-get or to download that could be usable

macondo · 08-31-2004, 05:16 PM

Debian is not Gentoo or Slackware, Debian uses binaries, if you want to compile and make .deb files, man/google for 'alien'.

KneeLess · 08-31-2004, 07:45 PM

You should really build it with './configure && make'. That might be all your problems. Try './configure --help | less' too.