Installing XChat for Total Beginners
Make a dir to install it in and go there
mkdir /some/path/
cd /some/path/
Download the sourcecode (link used in March 2014) and place it in the newely created directory in the step above.
http://xchat.org/files/source/2.8/xchat-2.8.8.tar.bz2
http://xchat.org/files/source/2.8/xchat-2.8.8.tar.xz
Unpack the archive:
tar -xzvf xchat-x.x.x.tar.xz
tar -xjvf xchat-x.x.x.tar.bz2
Go to the newely unpacked directory:
cd xchat-2.8.8
Run the configuration script:
./configure
Compile the program:
make
Finally, install the program:
make install ***
Problems I’ve encountered while setting up
While trying to compile the source code, I’ve gotten the following error:
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
The solution? We are missing the gcc, which can be installed via the development tools kit. In my case, I didn’t solely look for the gcc but I installed the entire pack because I knew I would be using the tools eventually.
yum groupinstall "Development tools"
Alternatively, this same command can be ran on Debian Base OS:
apt-get install build-essential
And yes, I did run all of this as root. If you are not root, place sudo in front of the commands that you have no direct access to and enter your password.
(Side note, system information: uname-a)
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64
#1 SMP Tue Mar 25 19:59:55 UTC 2014
x86_64
GNU/Linux