[Ubuntu-BD] problem installing vlc-8.0.4a

[~Split_Fire~]

yap, it shows: gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu
4.1.2-16ubuntu2)
and kernel version: 2.6.22-14-generic

Don't have any idea :-)

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Raihan Hasnain Rahman <
raihanhasnain at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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