[GLLUG] Digital Video Cameras & Linux

[Nathan Hartley]

>Tried to compile dvgrab-3.1 (latest). 
>Ubuntu reports this on './configure' step:
>   configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> .... seems like Ubuntu 7.10 "out of the box" is not really ready
> for any compilation...


>From http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Gutsy :
 
...if you get a message like "C compiler cannot create executables"

sudo apt-get install build-essential