On May 20, 2003 04:45 am, Michael Fratoni wrote: > $ rpm -qa | egrep '(automake|autoconf|texinfo)' > automake15-1.5-6 > texinfo-4.3-5 > automake14-1.4p6-5.1 > automake-1.6.3-5 > autoconf-2.57-3 $ rpm -qa | egrep '(automake|autoconf|texinfo)' now gives me: autoconf-2.57-3 automake-1.6.3-5 texinfo-4.3-5 ... should I install the other versions of automake as well? I'm not a programmer, so I didn't install any development tools on the system (or at least anything _other than what would have been installed in a "default" workstation). *Now*, I get the following output" SPECS]# rpmbuild -bb tuxracer.spec Executing(%prep): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.2792 .... checking for working aclocal... found checking for working autoconf... found checking for working automake... found checking for working autoheader... found checking for working makeinfo... found checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc -DGLX_GLXEXT_LEGACY ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc -DGLX_GLXEXT_LEGACY ) is a cross-compiler... no .... checking for _finite... no checking for _isnan... no checking for ieeefp.h... no checking for Win32 platform... no checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... no checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... no .... checking for sdl-config... no checking for SDL - version >= 1.0.1... no *** The sdl-config script installed by SDL could not be found *** If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in *** your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG environment variable to the *** full path to sdl-config. *** SDL not found. Configuring without audio or joystick support. checking for GL library... yes checking for glXGetProcAddressARB... no checking for GLU library... no checking for MesaGLU library... no checking for glu32 library... no configure: error: Cannot find GLU library error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.59731 (%build) RPM build errors: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.59731 (%build) So I'm still missing something, right? Elton (... not the best student in the world, but I'm *willing to learn*!!!) -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html "You only live once, so let's make life EASIER for each other." LINUX Registered User #193975. AMD-K7 ATHLON CPU power on board.