Help Compiling Eterm

[joshuwa72]

I want to compile and run Eterm (under X11) so I can run borderless terminal windows (and I like Eterm better).

when doing './configure' I get this: Rawk-Box:~/Desktop/Eterm-0.9 joshua$ ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
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 for egcs... no
checking for pgcc... no
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E
checking for AIX... no
checking for POSIXized ISC... no
checking for minix/config.h... (cached) no
checking for Cygwin environment... (cached) no
checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host type; you must specify one

I know I need to run configure with the argument --host=powerpc-apple-darwin but I dont know what darwin version I am running.

I am using OS X Panther 10.3.2 (clean install of panther + upgrades).

any help would be appreciated, thanks everyone!

[bousozoku]

System Profiler will tell you under Software:

[joshuwa72]

I looked there before I posted (I guess I should have specified - I appologize).

I then tried --host=powerpc-apple-darwin7.20and I get an error saying 'Darwin 7.2.0 not recognized' or something similar to that.

I sure do wish compiling on a mac was easer - I tried the fink thing but that caused more problems then I wished to have.

Thanks again!

[Doctor Q]

You could try grepping through some of the source directories looking for "darwin". Maybe you'll find a list of known darwin version strings, e.g., powerpc-apple-darwin_7_2.

[Westside guy]

Hmm... eterm 0.9.2 installed just fine for me under fink unstable. I know that's not what you're using, but perhaps you could take a look at what fink is doing in their package.

[joshuwa72]

Are you using panther??

I tried installing fink on 10.3.2 and it gave me a lot of problems and I couldn't get it to work.

I've heard the makers of fink had some issues w/ panther and advise its use w/ caution...:confused:

I dont know - all I want is to be able to install Eterm so I can run border-less windows and I cant seem to be able to install anything I need to compile because ofbash:configure: could not guess host; host not recognized

If it wasnt for iChat/iTunes/Photoshop/Mail I'd just run full-blown linux.