Thanks! Could you elaborate a little more? How do I fix the path to search? Is this in the configure file or an option I should pass configure? I tried using: ./configure --cc=gcc --host-cc=gcc to no avail. Sorry if these questions are simplistic, and thanks for the help. Brooks L. On 2010-06-07, at 1:31 PM, Marcin 'Rambo' Roguski wrote: >> [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