compile fail on Linux Mint

[Marcus Meissner]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 10:35:35PM -0700, Chad Harris wrote:
> Hi guys.
> 
> 
> Just tried to compile wine.. ( Yes, I know theres a package )  but sometimes
> I'm sadistic enough to want to compile somethin.. and it just keeps
> failing..  perhaps you can shed some light on what's goin' wrong?
> 
> configure:2595: $? = 1
> configure:2618: checking for C compiler default output file name
> configure:2645: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
> /usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

You are missing basic development libraries (glibc development files and headers).
There are like 20 - 30 more you will need.

I strongly suggest just to use the prepackaged binaries.

Ciao, Marcus