problem fixed, my install wasn't a developer version so i had to install
*-devel versions of a few things and ./configure worked, but i still had
the error about makeinfo but this doesn't appear to make any difference?
mind you, i still can't open my hotsynced datebook in korganizer!
bascule
bascule wrote:
>
> i just downloaded ver 3.02 of kpilot and decided to try my first
> compiling operation (compiling-is that the word?)
>
> it didn't go well, here is what happened:
>
> [root@localhost kpilot-3.0.2]# ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host type;
> you must specify one
> [root@localhost kpilot-3.0.2]# ./configure --host=i586
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... i586-pc-none
> checking target system type... i586-pc-none
> checking build system type... i586-pc-none
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for working aclocal... found
> checking for working autoconf... found
> checking for working automake... found
> checking for working autoheader... found
> checking for working makeinfo... missing
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for a C-Compiler...
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
> cannot create executables.
> [root@localhost kpilot-3.0.2]#
>
> two apparent problems there:
> 1. makeinfo - is this an rpm because i've searched my install cd and i
> can't find it
> 2. C compiler - please explain
>
> where am i going wrong,what other info should i give?
>
> bascule
