[Krename-users] compile from source

[Trevelyn <tre...@gm...>]

Hello:

I am not yet a member of the mailing list, so please cc me with
responses if possible.

I am running debian unstable, gnome desktop.

I have tried using alien to morph one of the offered rpm's into a .deb
file.  This succeeded, but the resulting program did not run.

I then tried to compile from source using the tarball available for
download.  I'm no stranger to compiling, though it's not an everyday
habbit, but I have never encountered an error similar to the one I
received from the configure script:

checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error:
C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

then, to show gcc version and the error, from the config.log file:

configure:2751: checking for C compiler version
configure:2754: gcc --version </dev/null >&5
gcc (GCC) 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-4)
...
configure:2790: checking for C compiler default output file name
configure:2793: gcc     conftest.c  >&5
/usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:2796: $? = 1

I tried the above with gcc 3.2 and 3.3 - the 3.3 output is shown.

I am excited to put krename to the test as I have a large number of
personal files that need to be organized and renamed.  I don't have
anything against KDE, it's just not what I'm running right now.  I
assume the process is easier if you are running KDE, though I can't
even get far enough into the compile process for that to matter.  I
have looked to see if there is a 'prerequisite' list of libraries or
software listed somewhere and have not found anything as yet - in the
documentation or FAQ, etc...

Any help you can offer would be appreciated.

Warm regards,
Lin Richardson
Salt Lake City, UT