> [donjulio:~/mplayer] brooks$ ./configure > usage: tail [+/-[n][lbc][f]] [file] > Checking for host cc ... cc > Checking for cross compilation ... yes > 1922: test: !=: unary operator expected CPU optimization disabled. CPU Long story short, Solaris by default prefers SysV tools rather than POSIX and GNU tools. You need to fix appropiate path to search in (from memory /opt/gnu). also, set CC=gcc because configure assumes Sun Studio is installed. Rambo -- Any programming language is at its best before it is implemented and used.