WINE Install trouble

mellis95 · #1 31st May 2005, 04:39 AM

I am trying my first wine install and when I ./configure I get an error that "no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH".
What does this mean? I installed compat-gcc thinking it may fix it, but I still get the same error.

Thanks for the help.

bytesniper · #2 31st May 2005, 04:57 AM

what distro version are you using? FC3 or one of the FC4 test versions?

compiling Wine from source is a real P.I.T.A.... just out of curiosity, why dont you just install the precompilied rpm provided from Wine? the "Wine 20050524" rpm should be out in just a couple days

mellis95 · #3 31st May 2005, 02:03 PM

Sorry, I am using FC3. I did install the rpm and then decided to read the documentation at WineHQ and found out about Wine Tools, which I thought would be easier to get setup with. So I followed their advice and removed Wine to start over. I thought I would use the recommended version of Wine, which happens to be 20041019 and that is where I am now. Maybe I should give up on Wine Tools and just learn how to configure Wine myself?? I was just hoping for an easy way out.

Thanks,

kitohe · #4 31st May 2005, 02:42 PM

Be careful with older versions of Wine and FC3. Older versions have massive problems with the 4G/4G patches applied to the Fedora Kernel. You will recieve an error about not being able to generate the process stack when you try to run wine if you are affected by this problem.

bytesniper · #5 31st May 2005, 03:08 PM

when you install from the RPM Wine is pretty much all configured for you, so there really isnt a need to use the install/setup scripts. after you install the RPM just open a terminal with your usingname (not root) and type "wine" and it will create the wine environment for your user (which will be in ~/.wine). on occasion i find it necessary to tweak the Wine environment (native/builtin dll's, win version, etc...). normally there is a file called "config" in "~/.wine.config" that contains the settings for your environment. if you dont find it there i have also found it in either /etc or /etc/wine (dont remember which and im not at any of my linux boxes). if its not in ~/.wine i find it and copy to there.

mellis95 · #6 31st May 2005, 03:19 PM

Cool. Thanks for the help. I will try it with the RPM again when I get home this evening.
I appreciate it.