Install Problems

[D92]

Again a n00b post from a n00b:P,

I've got alot of problems installing apps etc.
I've learned that i need to cd to the extracted folder and then typ ./configure in the konsole, but then i get this error: Unkown file or folder:S

I tried installing cmake so i extracted it and cd'ed to the extracted folder and entered this command because the website said i needed to typ it: ./bootstrap, but then i get this error:

bash: ./bootstrap: Unkown file or folder

What am i doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,

-D92

[someguyouknow]

Re: Install Problems

where is the folder located?.....
for instance, if it is on the desktop you type "cd /home/USERNAME/Desktop/Program"
you can just type /Program

[D92]

Re: Install Problems

How do you mean?, i know how to get to the folder via the konsole but i dont know how to install it, ./configure doesnt work, nor make, make install:S?

[someguyouknow]

Re: Install Problems

you should check out the readme for the program. It usually tells you how to install it......
if you have done that already, have you done this?

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install build-essential

[a_l_a_n]

Re: Install Problems

Odd. Type ls -l (thats a lower case L). It might be the case that the bootstrap and configure are not executable for you. You want to see something like the following:

$ ls -l
total 1488
drwxr-xr-x 6 alan alan  744 2006-08-01 15:13 .
drwxr-xr-x 38 root root  1152 2006-08-06 10:27 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan 263200 2006-08-01 12:42 aclocal.m4
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan   67 2005-01-25 19:50 AUTHORS
-rwxr-xr-x 1 alan alan  1317 2004-04-06 17:28 autogen.sh
drwxr-xr-x 2 alan alan  168 2006-08-01 12:42 autom4te.cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan 75367 2006-05-24 13:14 ChangeLog
drwxr-xr-x 3 alan alan  280 2006-08-01 15:13 config
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan  1952 2006-08-01 12:42 config.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan  1818 2006-08-01 12:42 config.h.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan 44878 2006-08-01 15:13 config.log
-rwxr-xr-x 1 alan alan 40041 2006-08-01 15:13 config.status
-rwxr-xr-x 1 alan alan 767412 2006-08-01 12:42 configure
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan  7002 2006-05-20 21:33 configure.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan  1185 2005-01-25 19:50 COPYING
drwxr-xr-x 2 alan alan  160 2006-08-01 12:23 CVS
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan  187 2004-05-13 01:47 .cvsignore
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan  158 2004-03-30 18:07 INSTALL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 217491 2006-08-01 15:13 libtool
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19980 2006-08-01 15:13 Makefile
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan   38 2005-11-09 12:32 Makefile.am
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20190 2006-08-01 15:13 Makefile.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan   1 2004-03-30 18:07 NEWS
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan  972 2005-01-25 19:50 README
drwxr-xr-x 9 alan alan  2456 2006-08-01 15:14 src
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan   23 2006-08-01 15:13 stamp-h1
-rw-r--r-- 1 alan alan  459 2006-02-16 01:20 TODO

Notice how I own the scripts and that they are executable to the owner (The letters on the left: r means is readable, w means is writable, x means is executable. There are three groups of letters. THe first three correspond to the owner, the next three to the group, and the last three to others.). If you are the owner of bootstrap and there is an x in the first group, you should be able to run it by typing

$ ./bootstrap

(the ./ is important). If you dont own the files you can do it as root:

$ sudo ./bootstrap

If you own them but the files arent executable (x), you can change that using chmod

$ chmod +x bootstrap

Let us know.