My next Linux goal!

[angrykeyboarder]

My next Linux goal is not to have the end result of "./configure" be an indecipherable error message that makes me just give up...

I've typed "./configure" several times over the past week ) or so (on various sources and have yet to get the desired result.

*sigh*.

[PatrickMay16]

Have you installed the package build-essential?

[-Rick-]

My next Linux goal is not to have the end result of "./configure" be an indecipherable error message that makes me just give up...

You could change the programs build system to something better such as SCons

[az]

Read the README that is included in the tarball . It usually details the libs you need to compile the program.

For example, if it complains about not finding X.... you need to install the X developmental packages (xlibs-dev)

[Goober]

My next Linux goal is to see if I can Qemu with Windows XP to go reasonably fast, and to get sound working with it. After that, eventually, I would like get M$ office working, and then some games. If I can get M$ Office working, then I don't need my Windows Partition anymore!!!

[xequence]

My next Linux goal is to see if I can Qemu with Windows XP to go reasonably fast, and to get sound working with it. After that, eventually, I would like get M$ office working, and then some games. If I can get M$ Office working, then I don't need my Windows Partition anymore!!!

Qemu is very slow from my experience. VMware is really good

[Goober]

Qemu is very slow from my experience. VMware is really good

I have heard of an accelerator for it . . . but I have yet to try it.

VMware . . . hrm . . . not in Synpatic, I'll have to do some looking around. Thanks for mentioning that, so you know of a HOWTO for it, or where I can get more info about it?

[xequence]

I have heard of an accelerator for it . . . but I have yet to try it.

VMware . . . hrm . . . not in Synpatic, I'll have to do some looking around. Thanks for mentioning that, so you know of a HOWTO for it, or where I can get more info about it?

It isnt free, but you can download a trial version and there are many serials on the internet. I think I have one saved on my computer somewhere...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmware
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=65638

[Goober]

Thanks for the links! I'm going to try the second one when I get some time (haha . . . ), and, if it works, well, then I shall obviously be very happy. Just wondering, would it run Windows inside of Linux? Or as well as?

And does it consume a lot of system resources? I noticed that QEmu, well, it pushed my system to the max. I had my CPU working at 100% the entire time it was going.

[angrykeyboarder]

Have you installed the package build-essential?

Yup. I researched that beforehand. ./configure has actually worked for me a few times (on Ubuntu) in the past but I got lucky I guess.