Need help from RH9 user!

[novkhan]

Sorry for the Long Dreadful thread!
I am having trouble with the Mplayer installation, and i need some help!
i was stuck halfway while following th installation guide below.
http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mplayer-fedora.html#files

5) Installing (Stuck here!!!!)
[root@myhost MPlayer-1.0pre3]# make

make: *** Warning: File `Makefile' has modification time in the future (2003-12-09 05:33:31 > 2000-04-15 06:23:19.920663)
############################################################
####### Please run ./configure again - it's changed! #######
############################################################
make: *** [config.h] Error 1

If you need more details abt the steps i performed pls read below
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I did the following steps

1) I dnload all this file:
MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2
qt6dlls.tar.bz2
rp9win32codecs.tar.bz2
win32codecs.tar.bz2
default-1.7.tar.bz2
font-arial-iso-8859-1.tar.bz2

2) Install the additional Codes
[root@myhost mm]# mkdir /usr/lib/win32
[root@myhost mm]#
[root@myhost mm]# bzip2 -cd win32codecs.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
[root@myhost mm]# cp win32codecs/* /usr/lib/win32/
[root@myhost mm]# bzip2 -cd qt6dlls.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
[root@myhost mm]# cp qt6dlls/* /usr/lib/win32/
[root@myhost mm]# bzip2 -cd rp9win32codecs.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
[root@myhost mm]# cp rp9win32codecs/*.dll /usr/lib/win32/

3)Setup Mplayer
[root@myhost mm]# bzip2 -cd MPlayer-1.0pre3.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
[root@myhost mm]# cd MPlayer-1.0pre3/

4) Did the Configurations
[root@myhost MPlayer-1.0pre3]# ./configure --help
[root@myhost MPlayer-1.0pre3]# ./configure --enable-gui --enable-largefiles --enable-menu

5) Installing (Stuck here!!!!)
[root@myhost MPlayer-1.0pre3]# make

make: *** Warning: File `Makefile' has modification time in the future (2003-12-09 05:33:31 > 2000-04-15 06:23:19.920663)
############################################################
####### Please run ./configure again - it's changed! #######
############################################################
make: *** [config.h] Error 1

I am a newbie, so pls try to explain in details!
Thanyou!

[the_JinX]

I think your clock is wrong..

try date

and if you want to set the clock, use a gui thingy (like in windows) or do man date

[pwaring]

Looks to me like your system clock is off by four years, if it's reporting the date as 2000-04-15. You can fix this by syncing your clock with a remote one that is pretty much guaranteed to be correct by using the following command:

rdate -s clock.psu.edu

Of course, you need to be connected to the Internet at the time to run this command successfully. If you don't have a connection to the net, try using the date command as follows:

date MMDDhhmmCCYY

Where:
MM = month (e.g. 04 for April)
DD = day (e.g. 15 for the 15th)
hh = hours (24 hour clock, so 13 = 1pm)
mm = minutes (e.g. 30 for half past)
CC = century (you'll want 20 here)
YY = year (you'll want 04 here)

Try again after running one of these commands and it should hopefully work. If not, let me know and I'll have another stab at it.

Edit: Forgot to mention, you'll need to be logged in as root (or su to it) in order to change the system date/time.

[pwaring]

What do you get as the output of the date command?

[novkhan]

Originally posted here by the_JinX
I think your clock is wrong..

try date

and if you want to set the clock, use a gui thingy (like in windows) or do man date

Originally posted here by pwaring
Looks to me like your system clock is off by four years, if it's reporting the date as 2000-04-15. You can fix this by syncing your clock with a remote one that is pretty much guaranteed to be correct by using the following command:

rdate -s clock.psu.edu

Of course, you need to be connected to the Internet at the time to run this command successfully. If you don't have a connection to the net, try using the date command as follows:

date MMDDhhmmCCYY

Where:
MM = month (e.g. 04 for April)
DD = day (e.g. 15 for the 15th)
hh = hours (24 hour clock, so 13 = 1pm)
mm = minutes (e.g. 30 for half past)
CC = century (you'll want 20 here)
YY = year (you'll want 04 here)

Try again after running one of these commands and it should hopefully work. If not, let me know and I'll have another stab at it.

Edit: Forgot to mention, you'll need to be logged in as root (or su to it) in order to change the system date/time.

Try both of you Guys methods, but still the same error!!!!
[root@localhost MPlayer-1.0pre3try2]# make
############################################################
####### Please run ./configure again - it's changed! #######
############################################################
make: *** [config.h] Error 1
[root@localhost MPlayer-1.0pre3try2]#

[Beryllium9]

If your clock is correct, you can fix this error by using touch. Type touch Makefile in the same directory as the source for mplayer. If your clock is wrong though, you'll have to touch all the source files which will be a bit more effort that fixing your clock...

[novkhan]

Originally posted here by Beryllium9
If your clock is correct, you can fix this error by using touch. Type touch Makefile in the same directory as the source for mplayer. If your clock is wrong though, you'll have to touch all the source files which will be a bit more effort that fixing your clock...

[root@localhost MPlayer-1.0pre3try2]# touch makefile
[root@localhost MPlayer-1.0pre3try2]# make
make: *** No targets. Stop.
root@localhost MPlayer-1.0pre3try2]# make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.

What happen man????.....

[the_JinX]

you made an empty makefile

the file you want is Makefile (note in linux and most unixes these are different files (not in win))

so:
rm makefile
touch Makefile

and remember the CaSe sensetivity of unix filesystems

[MrLinus]

Why didn't anyone suggest checking the BIOS date/time since that is where it pulls that information?

[novkhan]

Originally posted here by the_JinX
you made an empty makefile

the file you want is Makefile (note in linux and most unixes these are different files (not in win))

so:
rm makefile
touch Makefile

and remember the CaSe sensetivity of unix filesystems

Still Unable to install, why does Linux want to make things so difficult for us????

[root@localhost MPlayer-1.0pre3try2]# touch Makefile
[root@localhost MPlayer-1.0pre3try2]# make
############################################################
####### Please run ./configure again - it's changed! #######
############################################################
make: *** [config.h] Error 1
[root@localhost MPlayer-1.0pre3try2]# make install
############################################################
####### Please run ./configure again - it's changed! #######
############################################################
make: *** [config.h] Error 1
[root@localhost MPlayer-1.0pre3try2]#