I've finally had success installing and running BlitzMax on a non-Ubuntu system - namely CentOS 5, and is fairly simple :
In add/Remove programs, select the Development section, and from that, select 'Development Libraries', 'Legacy Software Development' and 'X Software Development'.
Apply and let the packages install.
Finally, open Terminal, and as root (unless the user is in the sudoers list), type in :
In add/Remove programs, select the Development section, and from that, select 'Development Libraries', 'Legacy Software Development' and 'X Software Development'.
Apply and let the packages install.
Finally, open Terminal, and as root (unless the user is in the sudoers list), type in :
sudo link /usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/gcc-3.3 sudo link /usr/bin/g++ /usr/bin/g++-3.3