How to compile a UNIX app for X

Dec 05, '00 06:42:03PM

Contributed by: Anonymous

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I have been having some nagging difficulties compiling c code into X ... Can any one explain the full path to doing this this successfully ?

I mean this must be one of the most appealing aspects of OS X, the ability to run any shell based unix app.....if you could get it to actually work.... :-(

I keep getting the compiler demanding a machine type when using the ./configure command. However when I specify a system like BSD, Darwin, PPC or whatever nothing seems to work. A typical result is:

[localhost:/downloads/nmap-2.53/libpcap-possiblymodified] root# ./configure freeBSD
configure: warning: freeBSD: invalid host type
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... Invalid configuration `freeBSD': machine `freeBSD' not recognized
checking target system type... Invalid configuration `freeBSD': machine `freeBSD' not recognized
checking build system type... Invalid configuration `freeBSD': machine `freeBSD' not recognized
It's also quite unhappy about using cc and not gcc ...what can I do ? I'm longing for all these Unix aps out there.........HELP.

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