Cirelo

ok....well, now that I know what to look for, I found the problem....I suppose I have no C compiler.... her is my error: [root@jonas xmms-1.2.10]# ./configure checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for prefix by checking for xmms... no checking for gcc... no checking for cc... no checking for cc... no checking for cl... no conf

Thanks a lot....that tutorial is really good, and I wish I had seen it earlier....I have spent nearly a month (on and off) trying to figure that out. I still don't know why the make command didn't work, but at least now I have something that explains it so I can try to figure it out. I really appreciate it!

I am a total Linux noob, and I have been reading help files on how to install programs. So far the best idea I have is that I have to unpack the package, go into the new created folder, and then run: ./configure, make, make install; in that order. I am running into a problem with "make". Here is the problem: [root@jonas xmms-kde-3.1]# make make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. this has happened with several different programs. Can anyone explain why this is happening? I am running Mandrake 9.2 with the KDE desktop. Thanks!