Error compiling Torcs

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http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=3#linux-src-all

Torcs 1.3.1

I know that there is a packaged Torcs already avialable. I’m compiling Torcs for two reasons, a) So I can better understand compiling packages, so I can compile packages on my own in the future. b) Change target location of where the game is being installed. My first try failed with this:

./configure


checking for sin in -lm... no
configure: error: Can't find libm. Please check config.log and if you can't solve the problem send the file to torcs-users@lists.sourceforge.net with the subject "torcs compilation problem"
rm: cannot remove directory `conf23889.dir': Directory not empty

I went on the Torcs channel on Freenode.net and the person there who was helping suggested that I try this:

./configure CFLAGS="-O2 -m64 -fPIC" CPPFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64" ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/lib64 --disable-xrandr --build=x86_64-suse-linux

                                                                                                                        
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... unknown                                                                                                       
configure: error: unknown endianness                                                                                                                         
presetting ac_cv_c_bigendian=no (or yes) will help                                                                                                           
rm: cannot remove directory `conf23109.dir': Directory not empty

both failed for different reasons, the second one, the person helping me indicated to me that it was a autoconf bug @ http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=3#linux-src. My current version installed:


comp1:/lib64 # rpm -qa autoconf
autoconf-2.63-5.2.x86_64

Any suggestions you can offer me would be graciously appreciated thank you very much =)

openSuSE 11.2 x86_64

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Do the compilation as root.

What is in the directory conf23109.dir? See whether you can remove its content manually, and continue.

Torcs is a defective software, often crashes.

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Both commands were running as root when they both failed… :{ … Any other suggestions?

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You don’t need to run either “./configure” or “make” as root. Only “make install” needs root permission.

Your problem seems to be missing glibc.

su
zypper install glibc-devel
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Thanks, I remember that for future reference, I scrapped it for the windows version, and that worked out fine. Thanks