iRiverter Linux install - aragh! help me!

[jaysee]

I finally worked out how to install swt and now I think I've installed it and mplayer right and I get this error message when I run ./configure --with-swt etc.

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcj... no
checking dependency style of gcj... none
checking build system type... Invalid configuration `i686-pc-linux-': machine `i686-pc-linux' not recognized
configure: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub i686-pc-linux- failed

Please... what am I doing wrong?

[jaysee]

Bump... come on, someone must know something! please?

[musichound]

I don't have a clue but is Memcoder installed or present in your system?

[Astec]

Looked into this and so far as I know iriverter isnt designed to work or rather it wont be allowed to work due to the i686 processor aka pentium pro.

Not totally sure as I have never used PP processors, but I believe it is a chip induced problem rather than a software one, do you have windows on the PC for dual boot?

[jaysee]

Nah, only linux... It's got a Pentium III processor - I didn't think that was all that cutting edge (especially since it's a 4 year-old computer). Nevermind, I've saved my pennies so I'm getting a new one sometime in the next month or two and until then I can use my sisters.

Thanks anyway though.

[funkydan2]

i686 is Pentium Pro OR HIGHER - Pentium III and Pentium IV are both i686 architecture chips.

The problem will be in your .bashrc file where you machine architecure is set as i686-pc-linux instead of just i686. You should just need to open .bashrc in your favourite text editor, but a # at the beginning of the line that starts with "export" and mentions "i686-pc-linux" and put a line below it that is almost the same but specifies "i686" instead.

Give that a try. You could also try installing gcj and compiling with that compiler.

[jaysee]

That sounds easy - thanks!

I'm installing Kanotix at the moment (or trying to, anyway) so I'll give it a shot later. Nothing like a clean, new install of a brand new (to me, anyway) distro to kick off christmas!

[eliza]

I run Ubuntu and I was suffering the same error message (about the build system type) - until I did the obvious and followed the step-by-step instructions on http://iriverter.sourceforge.net/doc/html/linux.html. If you are running Ubuntu you might run into problems installing MPlayer due to broken dependencies. I found the easiest way to get past this was to install the missing dependencies with apt-get or the front-end Synaptic, then manually install MPlayer with dpkg. I don't know of an easier way around it, but it works for me.