Installing software into a specified directory under knoppix

sharpie · 04-21-2004, 01:37 AM

I need to install some software into /ramdisk under knoppix. I do:

Code:

./configure --prefix=/ramdisk
make
make install

As root. It comes up with an error message about a value not being an array or pointer. I'm not familiar enough with programming to debug it, all I wanna know is if I'm doing it right, and it's just an error in the program that's causing it not to install?

whansard · 04-21-2004, 02:14 AM

isn't /ramdisk where knoppix keeps most of it's memory as temporary drive space?
maybe you need to make a directory somewhere else instead?

sharpie · 04-21-2004, 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by whansard
isn't /ramdisk where knoppix keeps most of it's memory as temporary drive space?
maybe you need to make a directory somewhere else instead?

That's right, but I only need to install it temporarily until I reboot, and all the other knoppix directories are read only.

whansard · 04-21-2004, 06:08 AM

several directories are writable. home is one.