installing mplayer...... problems occured when "make" was typed....
 

please help....
i just downladed mplayer.....
and i typed make...
and it says....

[root@localhost mplayer]# make
Makefile:7: config.mak: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `config.mak'. Stop.

what should i do to install this thing...... im using RH8....
thank you very much =)

are there no rpms for Red Hat?

you've not run ./configure i guess

avoid the RPM's if you can, it's much better to go from source for apps like this.....

oh i get it.....
it says that i need gcc or reinstall gcc......
hmmmmmm ill found out first how can i install that thing....
thanks to all =)

Re: installing mplayer...... problems occured when "make" was typed....
 

Also word of advise, don't install it as root either. And you shouldn't even be root, its a bad security habit. You should only be root when needed.

gcc and the development tools should come with your distro