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Ultra linux noob question, reply quick!

TekViper

TekViper

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i really should have read some documents before diving in but here i am with a fresh mandrake install and im completely lost. im trying to install xchat but cant figure it out. i know it should probably be included but when i burned the second cd i think it came out bad so i had to skip it during the installation. how do i install xchat from the file on xchat.org? i downloaded it but i cant find it. do i need to install it by typing stuff into the console? reply quick before i go nuts here.
 
find the file first, then type:

tar xzvf xchat-1.8.10.tar.gz
cd xchat-1.8.10
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
su
enter root password
make install
exit
cd ..
rm -rf xchat-1.8.10
cd ~
xchat
 
ok i extracted the tar or whatever but when i do ./configure it says "no acceptable ld found in $path". any idea whats wrong?
 
Originally posted by: TekViper
ok i extracted the tar or whatever but when i do ./configure it says "no acceptable ld found in $path". any idea whats wrong?
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yeah, mandrake's default install doesn't install compilers. You need all the compiling tools for that I think.
 
"ld" is part of the bin-utils package, though I'm not certain Mandrake calls it that exactly. But you're making this so much harder than it should be. Take people's advice and learn to use rpm or apt-rpm.
 
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