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Error when i try to install KBear for using FTP

when i type ./configure, everything works and it says now type make... when i type make, i get this error:

Code:

bash-2.05b# make

cd . && make -f admin/Makefile.common configure.in ;

make[1]: Entering directory `/root/Desktop/kbear-3.0alpha1b'

make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/Desktop/kbear-3.0alpha1b'

cd . && /bin/sh /root/Desktop/kbear-3.0alpha1b/admin/missing --run acloc

al-1.7

/root/Desktop/kbear-3.0alpha1b/admin/missing: line 46: aclocal-1.7: comm

and not found

WARNING: `aclocal-1.7' is missing on your system.  You should only need                  it if

        you modified `acinclude.m4' or `configure.in'.  You might want

        to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.  Grab them from

        any GNU archive site.

cd . && \

  /bin/sh /root/Desktop/kbear-3.0alpha1b/admin/missing --run automake-1.                7 --foreign  Makefile

/root/Desktop/kbear-3.0alpha1b/admin/missing: line 46: automake-1.7: com                mand not found

WARNING: `automake-1.7' is missing on your system.  You should only need                  it if

        you modified `Makefile.am', `acinclude.m4' or `configure.in'.

        You might want to install the `Automake' and `Perl' packages.

        Grab them from any GNU archive site.

cd . && perl admin/am_edit Makefile.in

cd . && /bin/sh /root/Desktop/kbear-3.0alpha1b/admin/missing --run autoc                onf

Can't locate object method "path" via package "Request" at /usr/share/au                toconf/Autom4te/C4che.pm line 69, <GEN1> line 111.

make: *** [configure] Error 1

Whats automake? and do i need to install perl packages???? I never modified acinclude.m4 or configure.in i don't know what there talking about... thanks for the help

ok well i downloaded/complied the perl package, now i get this error:

Code:

bash-2.05b# make

cd . && /bin/sh /root/Desktop/kbear-3.0alpha1b/admin/missing --run autoconf

Can't locate object method "path" via package "Request" at /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/C4che.pm line 69, <GEN1> line 111.

make: *** [configure] Error 1

bash-2.05b#

any ideas??? thanks

Well i went to that file and found line 111, and this is what i got:
C<$request{path}> and

no idea what it means... any help is appreciated, thanks

Looks like you need to install the package that contains "automake." Automake is a development tool that generates makefiles using Perl. I don't know which Linux flavour you're using, but I'd imagine automake comes with most, if not all, Linux distros.

As a side note, I would not use "root" as my everyday account.

(P.S.) I find gFTP to be a better FTP client application. ;)

im using slackware 10... it says that `automake-1.7' is not installed when i've complied a bunch of programs using, ./configure, make, and make install.... wierd

how do i connect to http://cvs.transgaming.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/winex/ to download winex???? any help would be great... thanks

with gftp that is :P

Quote:

Originally posted by gbdavidx
im using slackware 10... it says that `automake-1.7' is not installed when i've complied a bunch of programs using, ./configure, make, and make install.... wierd

I am not familiar with Slackware, but there's got to be a way to install missing components. Without GNU tools such as autoconf and automake, you can't compile/install apps from the source.

Quote:

Originally posted by gbdavidx
how do i connect to http://cvs.transgaming.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/winex/ to download winex???? any help would be great... thanks

I don't think you use FTP to download source from CVS. WineX may be an exception, but you usually use a command like "cvs login" from the terminal to log into the CVS source repository and then run a few other commands (like "cvs co -f Makefile") to download the source from there. There may be other ways, but that's the only way that I'm aware of.

how do i download winex using cvs? all this stuff is new to me... thanks