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Hello all.
I know this question likely has a simple answer,but I'm trying to install something from source forge and I have extracted and uncompressed the tar ball, but I can't seem to figure out how to get the program installed. There doesn't seem to be any configure file that I can find. The README is there and has the steps to install the program and it says there is a configure file. Any ideas? Thanks!
Yes that's what I attempted. It did not work. Something about 'configure file is missing'. I'm not there to get the exact error, but I'm thinking I may have to download the program again and try it..
The program is rdesktop. It's version 1.8.2 and I said earlier that I checked the README. I'm following the instructions of install from a book. I get stuck on the step for ./configure so I'm unable to create a Makefile.
I know this doesn't answer your question but have you checked the fedora repositories? rdesktop is there in F24 alpha and F22. Not sure about F20. Would it be easier to let dnf do the work?
I know this doesn't answer your question but have you checked the fedora repositories? rdesktop is there in F24 alpha and F22. Not sure about F20. Would it be easier to let dnf do the work?
I have not. Where would I find those at? Well the problem is for a school project so I'm trying to get it figured out the way it's supposed to be done.
I know this doesn't answer your question but have you checked the fedora repositories? rdesktop is there in F24 alpha and F22. Not sure about F20. Would it be easier to let dnf do the work?
Disregard that, I see what you mean. But no I have not checked.
I just downloaded rdesktop from the link provided and configure is there alright (I trimmed the tar output for the sake of space and my bold on configure)
Interesting. Then it seems the file may have just been lost in the internet when I downloaded it. I'll have to redownload it and see what that does then.
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