How to install from source?
Hi, I have another question :)
I was following the directions to install from a .tar.gz file here http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Softwar..._Software.html which was basically this 1. tar xvzf foo.tar.gz 2. cd foo 3. ./configure 4. make 5. make install so i tar xvzf 'the file.tar.gz' (it was firebird if that matters any) then moved into the newly created folder but when i inputted ./configure I just get : [root@localhost MozillaFirebird]# ./configure -bash: ./configure: No such file or directory Who won't it run the configure script Thanks! |
maybe there isnt a ./configure in it, read text files in the directory for example something that says Install or Readme and follow the instructions.....why do u wanna install from source?..just find rpm and install it.. :)
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Oh, well, I couldn't find the .rpm on either
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/freshrpms/redhat/9 ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/9/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS Nor on the main website...I figured there just wasn't one :) |
If it's Mozilla Firebird, most likely you downloaded the already-compiled version. Just try running ./MozillaFirebird as a user and see what happens.
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Woah....
it just..."opened'.. Did i not need to tar xvzf foo.tar.gz and can i delete the new folder? (the MozillaFirebird one) |
Well, i did a bit of testing and I needed it it seems....
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Ok, well this is on Firebird, so obviously its working...
Was the reason why ./configure didn't work is because Mozilla had already dont all that stuff for Firebird? |
Yeah, usually Firebird comes precompiled since it's a beast and takes a long time even on fast machines.
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