I think the player you are referring to is mplayer 0.50 I went through that experience last week. The developers really DO NOT like gcc 2.96. They are not that keen on 3.01 either, but have now included it, and mplayer will compile with 3.01 now. MPlayer also requires glibc 2.2.4-8mdk which if you install it from Mandrake Software Manager requires gcc 2.96. So you have to force gcc 3.01 with glibc 2.2.4-8mdk
Then it compiles OK You dont need any compiler switches. MPlayer was a tough one for me to get going. Trouble is the developers insist that RPM's are unlikely to work as it is so very dependent on individual machines. The manual on the mplayer site contains all this info. As for your path, add to the statement in .bash_profile Enjoy Derek On Sunday 28 October 2001 06:36, you wrote: > Well, i started installing one movie player after another, and > found that mplayer was the one i liked best. ( The ASCII video output > is just amazing, even though it's almost unusable! ;oP ) > > well, anyway, while trying to install another one, the configure > script told me that the gcc version i'm using is "only used on > red-hat and red-hat based distributions" .. "buggy" .. "not supported".. > and that "i should downgrade or upgrade, to any different version" .. when > i tried to install anyway, it MADE ME TYPE "gcc is broken" in order to > complete the configure.. and even then, it did not finish. > > well, then, i suppose i have to use a better gcc? i downloaded version > 3.0.1 and after decompressing it, i configured.. and here are my > questions.. > > In the README it said something like " instead of make, you should use > 'make bootstrap' or 'make cross' is you want a cross compiler" > > ( what does this mean? what is a cross compiler? ) > > well, i just tried "make bootstrap". It started compiling... compiling.. > and then it did a little more compiling... and suddenly stopped on an > "ERROR 1" leaving me quite puzzled.. it said it didn't find a file to > compile..? did i download a bad/incomplete file? > > i already tried bootstrap and cross. in X and in text mode.. i get the same > error every time.. > > am i doing something wrong? i've already installed several packages and > it's the first time i got this one... > > > and another question yet! i think this one is the most stupid. > I've noticed that some commands and binaries should be in my path, but > they are not. ... uhmmm.. how do i change my path settings?? > > > thank you very much in advanced. > > > Damian. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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