How do i clear the MAKEFILE ??
 

I am experimenting with downloading source code rather than the rpm for RH9.

From what I have read the process is usually the same each time.
1) Download file
2) bunzip2 or tar or whatever to extract files
3) change to new directory
4) ./configure (I believe this makes a makefile??)
5) make
6) su -c make install

Now I have tried this , however i found that my file had a dependency that i neede to install first, so.....
I started the process again with the necessary file, and that had a dependency, so ......
I started the process again with the next file, however when I do step 4) ./configure I get an error :
[glenn@localhost Hermes-1.3-CVS-00-02-17]$ ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

Question : Is this because I have already run the ./configure on another file and it created "stuff" in a "Makefile" that this new file is trying to access???

I really don't know if that made sense, hopefully someone will have mercy on my formerly Windows 98 driven soul :)

Thanks

No, it means Hermes doesn't use a configure script.

There's probably a file called INSTALL or README in that directory. Read it and see what it says - the makefile may be there and may need you to edit it accordingly (don't worry, there will be comments to guide you).

Aha, after a little research it turns out that the configure script is missing from a particular version of Hermes (the graphics library, right?) and therefore autoconf/automake need to be run...except the configure.in file is missing a line.

Long story short, if you have this version I would recommend going to http://clanlib.org/download/files/ and getting a different version instead.

Do i have to delete the old install?
 

Since i have partially installed this file

Do i have to delete the existing files that were created by tar and bunzip2?

If so, how do i know where they are and which ones to delete?

Thanks again

If it didn't successfully build then it didn't install onto the system.
If you were in your home dir when you bunzipped the files then the only files created are in /home/glenn69/Hermes and you can delete the entire directory with rm -Rf /home/glenn69/Hermes
obviously substituting in the correct name (use TAB to auto complete).

Also, you may not know that you can combine tar/bunzipping with the command:
similarly for tar.gz or tgz files:

Thanks a bunch for the help