Trying to compile XBMC from source

[helixed]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to compile XBMC from source using this wiki (http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=HOW-TO_compile_XBMC_for_Linux_from_source_code) page. This reason I'm trying to do this is highlighted in this (http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=37082) post.

The problem I'm running in to is every time I run the ./configure I get this output:

helixed@helixed-desktop:~/linuxport/XBMC$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
configure: error: ==unsupported host

I'm running this on an old Pentium 4 box using Ubuntu 8.04. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

helixed

[succo]

here (http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=37560) is a temporary workaround

[helixed]

Okay, I tried this workaround.

Here's the terminal output:

helixed@helixed-desktop:~/linuxport/XBMC$ ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking for ccache... none
checking for g++... no
checking for c++... no
checking for gpp... no
checking for aCC... no
checking for CC... no
checking for cxx... no
checking for cc++... no
checking for cl.exe... no
checking for FCC... no
checking for KCC... no
checking for RCC... no
checking for xlC_r... no
checking for xlC... no
checking for C++ compiler default output file name...
configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

Here is the config.log file:

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by "xbmc" configure 2.1, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61. Invocation command line was

$ ./configure

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = helixed-desktop
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.6.24-19-generic
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 SMP Wed Aug 20 22:56:21 UTC 2008

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown


Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

helixed

[althekiller]

You need to install the packages in README.linux.

May I ask why you insist on compiling even though we offer PPA installs for that distro?