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Ok Im trying to install some program from the source. Whatever the program I choose, it NEVER EVER install properly. Sometimes it misses dependencies (which is fine, I go get them) sometimes the error log is so long that I just give up.
But everytime, it says error 2 or error 1... Ive looked through the forum and cannont find the meaning of those error codes. What are they?
it doesnt really matter since Im having these problem always!! Anyways, I have a travelmate 8104, used mepis 3.4.2, suse 10.0, ubuntu 5.10, mandriva 2006.0 and so on.... Software is the save thing, a lot... Ipw2200, ieee80211, qt-devel.....
Its not a specific problem, I just want to know what those codes mean, and it seems like Im the only person on earth having problem with sources... Should be easy... ./configure, make, make install..... Yet nothing never works!
Distribution: Debian E, Vectorlinux 5.1std, Arch, Gentoo 2006.0
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it doesnt really matter since Im having these problem always!! Anyways, I have a travelmate 8104, used mepis 3.4.2, suse 10.0, ubuntu 5.10, mandriva 2006.0 and so on.... Software is the save thing, a lot... Ipw2200, ieee80211, qt-devel.....
It does matter.
What distro are you using right now? And what programs are you trying to install?
Could you post the output of the errormessages you are getting?
Nah never mind. I am telling you that this is NOT only happening right now. And I dont really mind that it doesnt work now. I would just like to know what are error code 1 and 2 so I know for future references. And am I the only person on earth having trouble installing from sources, because every book Ive read tells me that it's not that hard?
You are not the only person who has those errors. The thing is those codes are not important. Important is what has happened before make gives the error. Usually 2-10 lines before make error are the interesting ones.
ok thanks emerson. I thought it was working a little bit line xbox or windows error codes. Like 13 is always kernel error, 2 hdd problem and so on. I was just curious.
Error 2 refers to a missing module called metamucile.
I hope you're joking. How would a bran fibre beverage help in this situation?
Seriously though, I've found that it helps to use a distribution which installs the very same compiler which was used to build it.
RH is not a great distro to use if you wanna compile things yourself. Slackware, OTOH is an absolute pleasure. Very few compiles fail under Slackware (well, for me anyhow...)
Distribution: Vector Linux 5.1 Std., Vector Linux 5.8 Std., Win2k, XP, OS X (10.4 & 10.5)
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I hope you're joking. How would a bran fibre beverage help in this situation?
Well the Metamucile module works like the beverage for people except in a linux context it clears out faulty symlinks and broken dependancies. It is a really obscure package made by a guy who was just frustrated beyond polite speech by RPM dependancy hell. As far as I know it was just a very personal project that never really went anywhere due to various technical issues.
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The thing is those codes are not important. Important is what has happened before make gives the error. Usually 2-10 lines before make error are the interesting ones.
