A short question about compiling again

If i have already compiled a given item (alsa driver in this case) and then want to recompile it do I just simply compile it again or do I have to do something to get rid of the originally compiled version..??

thanks in advance

keith

make clean
gets rid of the old, mostly
gcc usually notices which files and stuff have been
changed, and you don't usually have to make clean.
you can just make. but if something isn't working,
you should redo with a make clean to check if that
was it.

Thanks whansard

Ok let me see if I understand this

I originally downloaded the alsa drivers, utils and lib and compiled them my self with no luck, searching through the help pages on the site I found this script

http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/ALSA.html

it basally runs all the ./configure make install for all the packages,

this is the script
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clear
echo
echo
echo "Making ALSA drivers"
echo
echo
bzip2 -d alsa-driver*.tar.bz2 2>/dev/null
tar -xvf alsa-driver*.tar
cd alsa-driver-*
./configure --with-isapnp=no --with-cards=ens1371,emu10k1,ice1712 --with-sequencer=yes
make install
./snddevices
chmod 666 /dev/dsp* /dev/mixer* /dev/sequencer* /dev/midi*
cd ..
find . -name alsa-driver\* -a -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;
cat >~/.asoundrc <<EOF
pcm.ice1712 {
type hw
card 0
}
ctl.ice1712 {
type hw
card 0
}
EOF
echo
echo
echo "Making ALSA libraries"
echo
echo
bzip2 -d alsa-lib*.tar.bz2 2>/dev/null
tar -xvf alsa-lib*.tar
cd alsa-lib*
./configure
make install
cd ..
find . -name alsa-lib\* -a -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;

echo
echo
echo "Making ALSA OSS compatibility"
echo
echo
bzip2 -d alsa-oss*.tar.bz2 2>/dev/null
tar -xvf alsa-oss*.tar
cd alsa-oss*
./configure --disable-alsatest
make install
cd ..
find . -name alsa-oss\* -a -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;

echo
echo
echo "Making ALSA tools"
echo
echo
bzip2 -d alsa-tools*.tar.bz2 2>/dev/null
tar -xvf alsa-tools*.tar
cd alsa-tools*
cd envy24*
./configure --disable-alsatest
make install
cd ../as10k1
./configure
make install
cd ../..
find . -name alsa-tools\* -a -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;

echo
echo
echo "Making ALSA utilities"
echo
echo
bzip2 -d alsa-utils*.tar.bz2
tar -xvf alsa-utils*.tar
cd alsa-utils*
./configure --disable-alsatest
make install
cd ..
find . -name alsa-utils\* -a -type d -exec rm -rf {} \;

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would I just add make clean above the make install (all of them) that apear in the above script??

eg
-- of script
make clean
make install
--rest of script

thanks again

Just skip the the "make clean". "./configure" should be quite fine to give the Makefile's a newer timestamp. Or, run "make clean" before the script.