Help Running Scripts
ALlright I know that this is probley a really stupid question, but I cant figure this out for the life of me. Whenever I try to install a program from the terminal and it tells me to put in something like
cd xchat-x.x.x ./configure It says that it does not reconize the command. I am having this trouble when trying to install Phoenix and other things to. I have no idea how to run the script and there guides to installing never explain it. If You could help I would appreciate it. |
Hopefully, you have untarred and unzipped the tarball... if not, for:
xchat.yada-1.0.tar.gz ----> tar xvzf xchat.yada-1.0.tar.gz xchat.yada-1.0.tar.bz2 ----> tar jxvf xchat.yada-1.0.tar.bz2 this will set up a directory with the package's name: xchat.yada-1.0 cd xchat.yada-1.0 read README or INSTALL with less or more usually you're going to get this: ./configure make make install Now with some packages, like Phoenix, you're going to get an install shell script called (usually): install.sh or install-sh You'll run: ./install.sh and then the package will be installed from there. This means it is a precompiled binary. Whenever possible, it's best to compile from source on your own box. Good luck. |
which command is not recognized - the
cd /path/to/file or the ./configure? do u have a compiler on ur box? test gcc -v perl installed? test perl -v the configure command runs a script in that directory that gathers some options and information how to comple your program->translate source code to binary. u need a compiler for building programs from source. if u don't have one on your box get a binary version of gcc. cheers, jens |
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