Could nayone tell me why I am getting this error m essage when I am trying to install timidity it is in the last line of this output

oot@pc1:~# cd '/root/Desktop/TiMidity++-2.13.0'
root@pc1:~/Desktop/TiMidity++-2.13.0# ./cinfigure
-bash: ./cinfigure: No such file or directory
root@pc1:~/Desktop/TiMidity++-2.13.0# ./configure
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 a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking whether grep returns status... yes
checking if --enable-debug option specified... no
checking for emacs... emacs
checking where .elc files should go... ${datadir}/emacs/site-lisp
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 style of include used by make... none
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.
root@pc1:~/Desktop/TiMidity++-2.13.0# make
-bash: make: command not found
root@pc1:~/Desktop/TiMidity++-2.13.0# timidity
-bash: timidity: command not found
root@pc1:~/Desktop/TiMidity++-2.13.0# make
-bash: make: command not found
root@pc1:~/Desktop/TiMidity++-2.13.0# make install
-bash: make: command not found
root@pc1:~/Desktop/TiMidity++-2.13.0# cd '/root/Desktop/TiMidity++-2.13.0'
root@pc1:~/Desktop/TiMidity++-2.13.0# ./configure
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 a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking whether grep returns status... yes
checking if --enable-debug option specified... no
checking for emacs... emacs
checking where .elc files should go... ${datadir}/emacs/site-lisp
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 style of include used by make... none
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
configure: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
See `config.log' for more details.


I would appreciate the help

instead of trying to compile goto www.linuxpackages.net and get the slackware package. compiling timidity from source youd still need the gus patches to make it work. the slack package has everything included in the package.

did you read 'config.log' for more details?

strange file " /lib/cpp " .
i mean :
egag@Slack21:~$ grep lib/cpp /var/log/packages/*

returns nothing.
so , where does it come from ?

egag

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2005-03-06 17:34 /lib/cpp -> /usr/bin/cpp
It's actually /usr/bin/cpp, the symlink must be created by the install script.

ah....i see.
i didn't look far enough....
thanks

egag

edit: forgot to say........try to re-install gcc-3.3.5-i486-1.tgz.
maybe the file is corrupt.