cant compile xmms-avi on Ubuntu

[esumitkumar]

Hi..when I am compiling avi plugin for xmms in ubuntu..its giving following error..plz help

oem@ubuntu:~/Desktop/avi-xmms-1.2.3$ ./configure
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.
oem@ubuntu:~/Desktop/avi-xmms-1.2.3$ make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

[mediator]

The c compiler i.e gcc is not installed!

Install gcc from synaptic or do "sudo apt-get install gcc" n then try again!

[mehulved]

But, why do you want to compile it in the first place? Install it from repos.

[esumitkumar]

Install it from repos

yaar ye repos kahan pe hai..My frnd who has internet connxn goes to somewhere in Ubuntu and installs packages automatically from internet..can u tell exactly where it is ...Thanks

[mehulved]

System -> Administration -> Synaptic.
You will need to enable a few repositories and add a few too, before you get everything. Read the sticky on 'enabling multimedia' and also check ubuntuguide.org

[praka123]

do u hv ubuntu edgy?then try my /etc/apt/sources.list

~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
###gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
###gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -


deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu edgy-commercial main

deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb edgy 3v1n0

deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt edgy main

deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb edgy beryl-svn

save this:
if u want to edit it u can use the command in run.
press ALT+F2 to get run dialog
insert=
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
clean all entries and paste the repos shown above and save as with windows wordpad.
now in a terminal:
sudo apt-get update
now u can use a gui tool called synaptic,u can invoke synaptic from gnome menu Desktop>Administration>Synaptic package manager to install all those plugins.btw there is beep-media player which is better afaik as it is based on gtk2
ps:give ur passwd whenever prompted.

[esumitkumar]

well thanks very much praka 123 ..but i dont see any plugin list in synaptic after all this ..is there any specific tab ?

[praka123]

I tried searching xmms-plugins for ubuntu by chroot:the result is :

root@sid:/# apt-get install xmms
xmms xmms-goom xmms-musepack
xmms-adplug xmms-infinity xmms-oggre
xmms-alarm xmms-infopipe xmms-openspc
xmms-alarm-bmp1 xmms-iris xmms-osd-plugin
xmmsarts xmms-itouch xmms-qbble
xmms-arts xmms-jack xmms-rplay
xmms-blursk xmms-jackasyn xmms-scrobbler
xmms-bumpscope xmms-jess xmms-shell
xmms-cdread xmms-kde xmms-sid
xmms-coverviewer xmms-kjofol xmms-singit
xmms-crossfade xmms-kjofol-skins xmms-skins
xmms-dbmix xmms-ladspa xmms-speex
xmms-defx xmms-lirc xmms-stats
xmms-dev xmms-liveice xmms-status-plugin
xmms-festalon xmms-mad xmms-synaesthesia
xmms-find xmms-midi xmms-volnorm
xmms-finespectrum xmms-modplug xmms-vorbis
xmms-flac xmms-mp4 xmms-wmdiscotux
xmms-fmradio xmms-mpg123-ja xmms-xf86audio
xmms-goodnight xmms-msa xmms-xmmplayer

i'm sure somewhere lies the plugin u needs to play avi.the plugin best suitable afaik is xmms-xmmplayer

[mehulved]

prakash shouldn't you be rather using

apt-cache search xmms

And no xmms-avi there.

[praka123]

^^ I tried TAB completion for listing packages