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Getting it to work...
Ummm... I ran ./configure and make , but I didn't get it installed. Help?
( make install returned errors, but I don't know if I was actually supposed to run this - it listed it in the readme, but it was talking about straight linux). Thanks
no man page
installed just fine but no man page installed though.
Getting it to work...
Try this:
Getting it to work...
The standard build-from-source procedure for most Free/Open software is, once you've downloaded & unzipped/unpacked the source:
./configure There are often parameters you can feed to the configure script -- try adding a "--help" to see what ones are available, then substitute the first line with the customized version like, say (making this up) ./configure --help Flags like the above would tell the system where to place the program, where it's datafiles should go, and should enable X-Windows support. Once configure finishes, it creates some customized scripts that drive the rest of the process, and that process is begun with the 'make' command. Once that finishes -- and it can take a while -- then run 'make test' to verify that no errors came up (not all packages include tests, but it's good to run this if you can). If the test step goes well, then apply the package to your system, using superuser privileges, with "sudo make install". Once that finishes, the software is added to your system, and can be used when you open a new terminal (or update your path with the "rehash" command).
Getting it to work...
How come when ever I try the make command, it always says "make: *** No targets. Stop."..? |
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