--- Laurel Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Excerpts from linuxchix: 20-Feb-100 [techtalk] Installing
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (432*) by
> > Checking host system type...Configure: error: can not guess
> host
> > type; you must specify one.
> >
> > What does this mean and how do I fix it?
>
> I assume this is from running ./configure. Correct me if I'm
> wrong.
> This could be a problem with the package's configure script..
> could you
> post the url so we can take a look?
The package is graphics program called Dia
(http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/) .The problem occurs soon
after I enter ./configure.
> It might also be a problem with your setup. Do other packages
> work?
I just switched from Mandrake back to RedHat 6.0 and have yet to
successfully install a tarball (but I get different problems
with the few packages I've tried so far). Part of the problem is
I don't understand what a "host type" is and the documentation
says nothing about it.
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Glen Strom
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