[Ubuntu-BD] problem installing vlc-8.0.4a

[Raihan Hasnain Rahman]

Question 1, do you have GCC installed? Check the header library as well.Which
kernel are you using?

Using 9.04 should be stable on MacBook.


On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:25 PM, ~Split_Fire~ <raptor167 at gmail.com> wrote:

> G,day,
>
> I am absolutely a beginner in linux. I am using Ubuntu 7.10 and don't have
> any internet connection in home. Thats why, I 've downloaded the file
> vlc-0.8.4a.tar.gz and wanted to install it. Here is the link :(
> http://downloads.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/0.8.4a/vlc-0.8.4a.tar.gz).
>
> And I tried following commands:
>
> tar -xvf vlc-0.8.4a.tar.gz
> cd vlc-0.8.4a.tar.gz
> ./configure
>
> Then it shows the output with an error message:
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
> checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for gawk... no
> checking for mawk... mawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C
> compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
>
> Any problem with my gcc? Can someone please suggest me what has to be done
> in these cases?
>
> And I want to know another thing, my macbook is configured with core 2 duo
> (1.83 GHz), 512MB RAM and 64MB graphics card. Which latest version of
> Ubuntu
> will be best suitable? However, current version 7.10 is working fine.
>
> Thanks.
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