by I've recently installed Linux and I've been saving up some questions.
I'll try to keep them fairly organized. *grin
I installed RH5.2, and am using kernel 2.0.35.
I recently tried to install a couple of different programs, X11amp, Eterm, and
a couple of others. I am able to download them and extract them to a
directory. But inevitably, when I try to ./configure, I receive an error
message, typically about makeinfo not being there, or missing GLIB. I thought
I could resolve the GLIB issue by upgrading to the newest GLIB/GTK+ 1.1.16 of
both. The GLIB installed just fine (I think), but when I went to ./configure
for the GTK+, it indicated that I was still missing GLIB, or that I needed to
add it to my $PATH. I looked around for where I was supposed to specify my
path (an old DOS guy here) but I didn't quite know what I was looking for, or
what I was supposed to add when I got there. When I typed 'whereis glib' I
received
/usr/lib/glib
/usr/local/lib/glib
/usr/include/glib.h
and /usr/local/bin/glib-config
I'm not sure which of these (if any) that I'm supposed to be pointing to, where
I specify this, or if I'm barking up completely the wrong tree.
I think I might be using an outdated gcc, it's the one that came with RH
(2.7.2.3)
I also think that I have an outdated kernel (again, built in, 2.0.35.)
Is it possible that these things are causing my problem?
If so, can anybody point me towards a URL which might have some information
about how you compile a new Kernel?
I know that's a page-full, but if anybody can enlighten me, I'd sure appreciate
it.
Thanks,
-Rick