Very true, Solaris does require quite a bit of 'aftermarket' software to be
installed. Right now, you're simply missing a few required programs;
autoconf and automake packages for Solaris can be found at sunfreeware.com
(install them with a pkgadd -d <pkgname>, and the rest should also not be
very hard to find. Install them and try again.
Brad Skinner
Netdoor Network Operations
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:52 PM
Subject: Solaris 8 woes
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have read through all of the mailing list archives and must say that
> Solaris does not seem to want to play nice with anything that didn't come
> from Sun. My experience with Blackbox is no exception.
>
> I am currently running Solaris 8 and XFce ( which took no less than two
> days to get right under Solaris ) and I want very much to try
> Blackbox. Unfortunately, I fail right out of the gate:
>
> # ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/local/bin/install
> -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
> checking for working aclocal... missing
> checking for working autoconf... missing
> checking for working automake... missing
> checking for working autoheader... missing
> checking for working makeinfo... missing
> checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
> checking for c++... (cached) c++
> checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler
> cannot create executables.
> #
>
> Please understand that I am very new to anything that doesn't
> configure/make/make install correctly the first time. I don't have much
> experience with libraries or flags or any of the other stuff that I hear
> discussed a lot in reference to compiling source code.
>
> That said, I have tried the things I read on the list archives. I also
> renamed c++ and copied gcc to c++ ( I know, I know, see above ) and
> somehow that allowed configure to finish without any problems. But then
> make broke so I moved c++ back and am now starting again in square one.
> I knew it wasn't the correct way, and figured it wouldn't work, but it was
> worth a shot as I was at a loss for idea.
>
> Based on the above error, can anyone offer me a starting point?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jason
>
