Compiling Programs

Thorrn4 · 03-25-2005, 11:17 AM

Hello:

I downloaded a program called "AMSN" and it needed me to install another program inorder to be used: Tcl http://tcl.sourceforge.net/. I downloaded the source files, and it asked me to compile it. The code to compile it is:

Code:

cd tcl8.4.9/unix
configure options
make
make test
make install

(http://www.tcl.tk/doc/howto/compile.html)
I'm totally lost when it comes to compiling...I've never done it; I know that the Terminal has to be open...but I don't know which one. (there is a Linux Terminal, Root Console Terminal, and a few others)

How can I compile the, or any, source code to create a program?

Thanks in advance

DaBlade · 03-25-2005, 11:33 AM

It's easy to compile a program. Open a terminal.
Type su
(enter your root password and hit enter. You won't see any *** stars or anything)
cd /to/the/directory/with/the/unpacked/source (for example /home/you/tcl8.4.9/unix)
type ./configure (hit enter)
type make (hit enter)
type make install (hit enter)
done.

Padma · 03-25-2005, 12:30 PM

Actually, you don't normally want to be root to compile.

The usual steps are:

./configure
make
su
make install
exit

BlackHatRob · 03-25-2005, 03:10 PM

I recently downloaded the samba 3.0.x sources and did the following (as root)

Code:

cd /root/samba/sources
./configure
make
make install

but it didn't put any of the scripts in the correct places. for example /etc/init.d/smb did not exist, etc.

what did I do wrong?

I also tried

Code:

make installbin   #the one that installs the scripts and whatnot

but it didn't install either.

The only way I could install it and get the scripts to be in the correct places was to download an RPM...

__J · 03-25-2005, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BlackHatRob
I recently downloaded the samba 3.0.x sources and did the following (as root)

Code:

cd /root/samba/sources ./configure make make install

but it didn't put any of the scripts in the correct places. for example /etc/init.d/smb did not exist, etc.

what did I do wrong?

I also tried

Code:

make installbin #the one that installs the scripts and whatnot

but it didn't install either.

The only way I could install it and get the scripts to be in the correct places was to download an RPM...

you can't just do a ./configure, make, and make install on everything. small apps you are ok doing this, but some things need to be done the right way. before installing something, look here for some tips:

http://lfs.osuosl.org/blfs/view/stable/

for your specific problem ( samba ):

http://lfs.osuosl.org/blfs/view/stab...er/samba3.html

BlackHatRob · 03-25-2005, 10:31 PM

I don't see where /etc/init.d/smbd was created or copied over though...

__J · 03-26-2005, 01:25 AM

what do you mean?

did you see the part of configure where the system configuration directory was specified?