another n00b question.....

[someguyouknow]

i searched the forums on how to install from source and i found out how.....
but it never works.....
i can extract it through console but thats about it.....
i can never get the "./configure", "make", and "sudo make install" to work.....
it always says "bash: ./configure: No such file or directory".....

i have tried numerous guides with the same results.....
thanks in advance.....

[aysiu]

Re: another n00b question.....

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install build-essential

will give you what you need to compile from source.

[Roy]

Re: another n00b question.....

it always says "bash: ./configure: No such file or directory".

You have to cd to where the source code is, then run ./configure or you will keep getting that 'No such file or directory' message.

cd some/cool/program
pwd
/home/someguyouknow/some/cool/program
./configure

[Lil_Eagle]

Re: another n00b question.....

Keep in mind that you'll also have to handle the depenencies. Depending on how the configure script is written, this can sometimes be cryptic.

Also, it is better to use checkinstall rather than make install because that allows apt to keep track of the package.

checkinstall is in universe.

sudo apt-get install checkinstall

[someguyouknow]

Re: another n00b question.....

sorry but could someone tell me step by step how to do it?.....
i have tried many different ways and none seem to work.....

this is how i do it:
cd /home/someguyouknow/desktop
sudo tar -xvvzf program.tar.gz
cd /home/someguyouknow/desktop/program
./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory <---thats what i get

[algorhythm]

Re: another n00b question.....

depending on what you've downloaded, you may have to run something else first to create configure... to check, go to the directory,

cd /home/someguyouknow/desktop/program

and type

ls

this will list what is in that directory -- if configure is not there, you may have to create it doing what I term "funky s@%!". There should be an "INSTALL" file in the directory which will warn you about this.

Also, after running

sudo apt-get install build-essential

, are you still getting errors with "make"?

[someguyouknow]

Re: another n00b question.....

after doing "ls" i see autoexec.cfg.....
but i still cant do the "make" even after the "sudo apt-get install build-essential"

[algorhythm]

Re: another n00b question.....

What's the error msg you're getting with "make"?

I used to get a very strange looking error that turned out to be that CPAN (a Perl thing) didn't know where make is; I had to go into a MyConfig.pm and edit the path (kind of exhilirating and scarey at the same time for a non-coder like myself). I can tell you how to do this, but if that's not your problem it won't help.