On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 10:42:47AM +1000, mick wrote:
> I'm trying ti install Xine under Redhat 9.0. I downloaded a Tar file
> and unzipped it to my home directory.
>
> I typed the ./configure command as instructed in the readme and the
> process ends with
>
> gcc .... no
> cc .....no
You need to install these packages:
gcc
glibc-devel
binutils
and possibly:
gcc-c++
glibc-kernheaders
and any dependencies they need. Everything you need will be on your
RH9.0 CDs. If it's installed, it should be in your path.
> suppose I should learn how to put things in a users "Path" (whatever
It's the environment variable PATH which is used to search for
programs, similar to DOS/Windows except that under Unix, *only* the
directories in $PATH are searched - DOS/Windows searches the current
directory too. It's a list of directories separated by colons, e.g.:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/johnc/bin:/usr/bin
When you enter a program name, and don't provide a path (either
relative or absolute), each directory in $PATH is tried, in order from
left to right, and the first one found is run. For example, I have two
copies of a program called "mev" - one in /usr/bin and one in
/usr/local/bin. Each reports a different version number:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ /usr/bin/mev -v
(gpm-Linux) 1.19.3, $Date: 2000/01/17 22:23:03 $
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ /usr/local/bin/mev -v
(gpm-Linux (imwheel)) 1.19.3, $Date: 2000/01/17 22:23:03 $
If I run mev without giving the path, the first one found in $PATH is
run:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ mev
(gpm-Linux (imwheel)) 1.19.3, $Date: 2000/01/17 22:23:03 $
There's a command called "which" that will tell you where in $PATH a
program is:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which mev
/usr/local/bin/mev
If the program doesn't exist, this is what is says:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which xxx
/usr/bin/which: no xxx in (/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:
/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/johnc/bin:
/usr/bin)
To add a new directory into $PATH:
PATH=$PATH:/new/directory
export PATH
or:
PATH=/new/directory:$PATH
export PATH
depending upon whether you want it to be searched first or last.
Cheers,
John
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