I am using redhat linux.

Ok, I downloaded xine library as a .tar.gz
I extract it, then open a text file named install
it tells me to do the ./configure stuff
so in terminal I cd into the directory it has been extracted into, try to do the ./configure and I get this c compiler error:

Configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $path


I thought it was something gcc related or whatever, so I go to add/remove Application and I check development tools (which was previously unchecked) because I see that there is some c and gcc related stuff but then when I click update I get this error "The following packages could not be found on your system. Installation cannot continue until they are installed."
and a little list of the pakages it couldn't find.


What do I do? I am new to linux but it really is starting to seem like more trouble than it's worth! Help me succeed with Linux!

Install the development packages from the install CD's
You will need to install the kernel source and headers as well.

It's been a while since I used Red Hat, but I believe they have an installation grouping they call development. This will have all the compilers like gcc etc that you will need to compile programs from source.

If you are unable to do this, look for xine rpms compiled for your version of Red Hat. Google would be a good start.

It only seems like trouble because you have no idea what you are doing. If you are even remotely interested in linux, you likely have a good working knowledge of computers and windows and you are just not used to being a newbie again. Just keep plugging away. It is worth the effort. It's not hard, it's just different. Like learning a new language.

HTH

I put the cd in and searched on the cd and found the rpms with the same name as the error message says are missing, I try to run them and it tells me that there is a newer version already installed.


What's the deal?

Why is it giving me this problem?

type "echo $path" in a console... most likely it wont have gcc or whatever c compiler you have installed listed, but it SHOULD.

therefore u need to modify your $path variable so it contans the path to your compiler.

to find out where your compiler is, u should be able to type 'whereis gcc' or, again, whatever your compilers called.

now that you know where the compiler is, run this command at a terminal:
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/cCompiler

then try doing whatever your doing again. (you should note that now 'echo $path' also displays the path you 'export'ed)

when you close this terminal window and 'echo $path' again, youll notice that the path you 'export'ed isnt there anymore. this is because you have to 'export' it each time the shell/terminal is opened.

to modify the $path variable permanetly, modify the ~/.bashrc file (~ means your home directory, ie /home/nadroj). this file is called each time the terminal is opened.
just add the export command i showed you to the end of that file and save.

I tried what you said as far as changing the PATH. I still recieved the same error of not being able to find an acceptable C compiler


I think it is related to the pakages which I am having trouble installing

what c compiler DO you have installed?
what is the output of your $path varible? whats the output of 'whereis gcc' (or whatever ur compiler is

I haven't installed a C compiler, this is a fairly recent install of red hat linux

I type $PATH in terminal and get
bash: /usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/adama/
bin: No such file or directory

For whereis gcc I get
gcc: /usr/libexec/gcc

It seems that gcc wasn't installed completely.
On my RedHat 8 box, I also have /usr/bin/gcc, which is in the default $PATH.

Try re-installing gcc.
You can always update it later.

If it was installed from the CD, the command
rpm -q gcc
may give you a clue as to which version was installed.

or try adding that path to the gcc in your $path variable

Okay, I'm having a very similar problem, but instead of trying to install CC, i am trying to install gcc.

When i put in $path i get:
and i put this in before doing the above:
So I'm not really sure what is going on.



By the way, on a side note, Franklin, this is wonderfully said, and good to hear:

I think I know what my problem is now, but I don't know how to fix it.

Ok. I don't have gcc installed, because I don't have the pakage for it installed in add/remove applications.

BUT everytime I try to add this pakage from add/remove applications (I check it, then click update) it gives me an error that some files are missing and that it cannot install the pakage I selected because of these missing files.


Sooo... I put in the orignal install cd, find the missing files on the cd and try to install them (they are rpm files) and it says they are already installed...

HOw do I fix this mess?

Okay, so i switched to the folder i should have been installing gcc in the first place, /usr/share.
Now I'm getting a different error than before:
And when i went to the website and browsed around. I found a couple of options, specifically the --prefix=/usr/share --enable-generated-files-in-srcdir options, both of which sounded as though they may solve the problem i am having, but to no avail.

Keep me posted if you get anything figured out Chimp, i'm tearing my hair out right now, i've got all this music to listen to, but no way to listen to it, because i cant install xmms until i have gcc! Plenty of other progs i need to install, but thats the one on my mind the most right now.

good luck..

Holy toledo, i feel like an idiot. Okay, so i googled some of my error and came up with [URL="http://underlinux.com.br/modules.php?name=Forums&file=posting&mode=quote&p=154142"]this link.

I dont speak the language, but i deffinetly felt like slapping myself upon seeing the apt-get idea. Worked like a charm for me, hopefully it will do the same for you Chimp!

I think you are forgetting that I am a huge newb. Please help me, I tried the apt-get but it said it was an unknown command... help me do what you did to get it to work.

apt-get is for Debian (and Debian based distros), you won't have it on Red Hat.