ZSNES compiling error

ZakuSage · 08-14-2005, 08:39 AM

I downloaded ZSNES via apt a little while ago after being dissatisfied with the Linux port of SNES9x (mostly due to the inability to map your own keyboard settings). When I ran ZSNES, it was so ridiculously slow compared to it's Windows version and especially so considering it's written in assembly. I figured it might just be the debian compiling of it or something, so I downloaded the source code to try to compile it myself. The install.txt file that comes with it says I need and need to do the following:

Code:

Linux/SDL/POSIX port:
I assume the standard development tools are installed (gcc, make, ...)
You'll also need : 
- SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) : check www.libsdl.org to grab SDL 1.2.0 or
                                   later. If you are using rpm packages, don't
                                   forget the -devel package.
- NASM v0.98.39 : http://nasm.sf.net/
- zlib : http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/zlib/
                                   it is probably already installed on your 
                                   system, maybe you are just missing the 
                                   development headers. Check in the 
                                   packages available with your distribution 
                                   or go to the page above
- libpng : http://www.libpng.org/
                    You might also need libpng, ZSNES will compile without
                    PNG support but I have found doing so to make ZSNES
                    unstable for some weird reason.  If you don't have
                    libpng, either get it and install it or pass the
                    --without-png option to the 'configure' script.

Then to build the executable, go to the src directory and type:
sh ./autogen.sh && gmake && gmake install

Note: you require root to install zsnes to the the default (/usr/local/*) 
directory

Also Note: libpng (optional) needs to be recent, or zsnes will not use it

I have all these and I did the instructions, but no dice it stops on configuring. Here's the output:

Code:

Generating build information using aclocal and autoconf...
./autogen.sh: line 6: sdl-config: command not found
aclocal: couldn't open directory `/share/aclocal': No such file or directory
configure.in:27: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.in:61: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_SDL
configure.in:62: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_ZLIB
configure.in:65: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_LIBPNG
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for nasm... nasm
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
./configure: line 2919: syntax error near unexpected token `1.2.0,,AC_MSG_ERROR'
./configure: line 2919: `AM_PATH_SDL(1.2.0,,AC_MSG_ERROR(SDL >= 1.2.0 is required))'

I'm not quite sure what it's saying is wrong. Any ideas?

AdaHacker · 08-14-2005, 08:14 PM

The second line of the error message says sdl-config was not found. Are you sure you have the sdl-devel package installed? And if so, is sdl-config in your PATH?

ZakuSage · 08-15-2005, 10:10 AM

Surprisingly, I didn't have it. Thanks for the help!