# ./configure

checking for something .. no
checking for something else ... yes
checking for another thing i dont really need to compile ... yes
checking for something i actually do need to compile but i wont say anything if you dont have it .. no
checking for other shit that should really come with all distros of linux, but is probably missing from your machine ... no
checking for sanskrit parser... yes
checking for parser for a dead (computer) language .. no
ERROR YOU R MISSING SHIT! TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS GO ON I'LL WAIT!!!

# wget http://dependencyA.org/depA-343.1243.ds.5._0.MTM.tar.gz
# tar -zxf depA-343.1243.ds.5._0.MTM.tar.gz
# cd depA-343.1243.ds.5._0.MTM
# ./configure

checking for shit ... yes
checking for more shit .. no
checking for g++ ... no?
what the fuck? how can you not have a c++ compiler?
ERROR LOL GO FIND g++

# yum install g++
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: CentOS-3 - Addons
Server: CentOS-3 - Base
Server: CentOS-3 - Extras
Server: CentOS-3 - Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Package not found, CARE TO TRY YOUR LUCK AGAIN?

# yum install gccg++
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: CentOS-3 - Addons
Server: CentOS-3 - Base
Server: CentOS-3 - Extras
Server: CentOS-3 - Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Package not found, CARE TO TRY YOUR LUCK AGAIN?

# yum install gcc-g++
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: CentOS-3 - Addons
Server: CentOS-3 - Base
Server: CentOS-3 - Extras
Server: CentOS-3 - Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Package not found (BUT GOOD GUESS!!!), CARE TO TRY YOUR LUCK AGAIN?

# yum install gcc-c++
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: CentOS-3 - Addons
Server: CentOS-3 - Base
Server: CentOS-3 - Extras
Server: CentOS-3 - Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
YOUR GUESS IS CORRECT! GOOD JOB!
Downloading packages
installing packages

# g++
sup im g++ lets compile shit

# ./configure
checking for shit ... yes
checking for more shit .. no
checking for g++ ... yes (haha i didnt really need it anyway)
checking for obscure library ... yes (dodged a bullet there, didn't you)

# make
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weg23
23fd234f234f43g4 34t34gf2c23d23tgt G$#G#gf#VGF
F##GWQAEG$WYccCSA dsfhg3e45ty4

#make install
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# cd /tmp/originalpackageiwantedtoinstall
# ./configure
checking for something .. no
checking for something else ... yes
checking for another thing i dont really need to compile ... yes
checking for something i actually do need to compile but i wont say anything if you dont have it .. no
checking for other shit that should really come with all distros of linux, but is probably missing from your machine ... yes
checking for sanskrit parser... yes
checking for parser for a dead (computer) language .. no
ERROR: STILL MISSING SHIT.

# yum install compat-libstdc++-devel
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: CentOS-3 - Addons
Server: CentOS-3 - Base
Server: CentOS-3 - Extras
Server: CentOS-3 - Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Got it on the first try!
Installing shit

#./configure
checking for something .. no
checking for something else ... yes
checking for another thing i dont really need to compile ... yes
checking for something i actually do need to compile but i wont say anything if you dont have it .. yes
checking for other shit that should really come with all distros of linux, but is probably missing from your machine ... no
checking for sanskrit parser... yes
checking for parser for a dead (computer) language .. no
ERROR: ALMOST THERE, WHY NOT TRY DEPB?

# cd /tmp
# wget http://dependencyb.org/depb-latest.tar.gz
# tar -xvzf depb-latest.tar.gz
# cd depb-2.5.33
# ./configure
# make
# make install

# cd /tmp/originalpackageiwantedtoinstall
# ./configure
checking for something .. no
checking for something else ... yes
checking for another thing i dont really need to compile ... yes
checking for something i actually do need to compile but i wont say anything if you dont have it .. yes
checking for other shit that should really come with all distros of linux, but is probably missing from your machine ... no
checking for sanskrit parser... yes
checking for parser for a dead (computer) language .. no
ERROR: YOUR DEPB VERSION IS 2.5.33 I WANT 2.5.4 EVEN THOUGH 2.5.33 IS THE LATEST ON THEIR WEBSITE. HAHA OH WAIT 2.5.4 CAME OUT IN JUNE OF 1997 AND THESE FAGGOTS THOUGHT SOME REVERSE VERSION NUMBERING SCHEME WOULD BE COOL. SO GO FIND THE OLD VERSION.

#yum install depb
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: CentOS-3 - Addons
Server: CentOS-3 - Base
Server: CentOS-3 - Extras
Server: CentOS-3 - Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
Luckily this repository is so fucking old we still have 2.5.4
INSTALLING

etc... etc....

2/16/2007 11:50:15 AM

Some people just aren't smart enough to use Linux. Don't worry, MS makes some pretty decent OS's.

2/16/2007 11:56:54 AM

it has nothing to do with being smart

its a waste of fucking time. Any argument for linux as a cheaper platform are complete crap after you account for TCO.

2/16/2007 12:03:03 PM

Quote :

"ERROR LOL GO FIND g++ "

i lolled.

2/16/2007 12:20:12 PM

I lolled.

Linux has a LONG way to go to be consumer friendly.

Last time I checked, you can even change screen depth/resolution without some arcane config file hacking.

2/16/2007 12:52:35 PM

from the flex homepage

Quote :

"February 21, 2006 flex version 2.5.33 in tar.gz format flex version 2.5.33 in tar.bz2 format March 3, 2003 flex version 2.5.31 in tar.gz format flex version 2.5.31 in tar.bz2 format June 27, 1997 flex version 2.5.4a in tar.gz format flex version 2.5.4a in tar.bz2 format "

2/16/2007 12:59:39 PM

The solution to that would be to edit to script to remove that checking or to check for the lower version, or to hard-core in your version.

2/16/2007 1:20:16 PM

unless there are actually meaningful changes between the versions that would result in one not working.

this being the entire point of the config script.

2/16/2007 1:21:13 PM

"Linux is only free if your time has no value" -- http://www.jwz.org/doc/linux.html

I get by with cygwin for most of my stuff. I had a Ubuntu install recently and installing stuff was quick and painless (synaptic). Before that I had fc5, but I kept getting distracted from my work, trying to get xmms to work or some such.

2/16/2007 1:43:36 PM

Quote :

"checking for g++ ... yes (haha i didnt really need it anyway)"

and

Quote :

"checking for sanskrit parser... yes"

lol

2/16/2007 3:11:35 PM

Linux may be more troublesome...but its worth it. For LAMP anyway.

http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project_details.cfm?index=392&id=392&domain=

2/16/2007 3:38:59 PM