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08-02-2004, 12:48 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Toronto
Distribution: SUSE 9.1
Posts: 13
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./configure returns "no such dir or file"
I'm using Suse 9.1 on and Acer notebook, I've check all the C programming packages in Yast and they are all check, but every time I type
./configure
in the dir of the extracted file I get
no such file or directory
Is their something i'm doing wrong, its driving me crazy.
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08-02-2004, 12:54 PM
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Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 9,870
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are you sure there is a file named "configure" in the directory??
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08-02-2004, 01:01 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Toronto
Distribution: SUSE 9.1
Posts: 13
Original Poster
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no, their isn't. Just the files that were extracted from the file(wireless_tools.26.tar.gz)
Last edited by fcp101; 08-02-2004 at 01:07 PM.
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08-02-2004, 01:09 PM
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Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 9,870
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Quote:
Originally posted by fcp101
no, their isn't. Just the files that were extracted from the file(wireless_tools.26.tar.gz)
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that's why you're getting the error... you can't execute a file that doesn't exist...
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08-02-2004, 01:13 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Toronto
Distribution: SUSE 9.1
Posts: 13
Original Poster
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So the configure file has to be part of the extracted file, so what if it doesn't have it, i'm mean this is a pretty popular file i'm trying to use, how are others using it,
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08-02-2004, 01:17 PM
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Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 9,870
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send me a link and i'll take a look...
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08-02-2004, 01:22 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Toronto
Distribution: SUSE 9.1
Posts: 13
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08-02-2004, 01:31 PM
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Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 9,870
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did you read the included INSTALL file??
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In theory, a "make" should suffice to create the tools.
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08-02-2004, 01:37 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Toronto
Distribution: SUSE 9.1
Posts: 13
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I'm a complete newbie, not exactly sure what that means, i don't see a "make" file in the extracted files, just "makefile" and is there any parameters i need to include
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08-02-2004, 01:45 PM
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Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 9,870
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there doesn't need to be a file called "make"... you have the "make" program in your system...
the file "makefile" is used by the make program...
"make" will build everything without needing special parameters...
i just compiled the source code we're talking about with no problems...
for more info on make, do a man make
Last edited by win32sux; 08-02-2004 at 01:59 PM.
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08-02-2004, 01:49 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Toronto
Distribution: SUSE 9.1
Posts: 13
Original Poster
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So, typing "make" from within the exctracted dir while logged on as root should compile the program.
Thanks I'm at work right now so I don't have access to Linux, I'll give it a try when I get home.
Thanks again.
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08-02-2004, 02:00 PM
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Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 9,870
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Quote:
Originally posted by fcp101
So, typing "make" from within the exctracted dir while logged on as root should compile the program.
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you don't need to be root to compile it... only to install it...
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08-02-2004, 02:12 PM
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Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 9,870
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by the way, according to the INSTALL file, in this case it's better if you just simply copy the binaries to /usr/sbin by hand, instead of doing your usual "make install" (as root) after the "make"...
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I advise to copy the executable (iwconfig, iwspy and iwpriv)
in /usr/local/sbin or /usr/sbin. The man pages (iwconfig.8, iwspy.8
and iwpriv.8) should be copied in /usr/local/man/man8 or
/usr/man/man8.
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