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Old 03-27-2006, 02:24 PM   #1
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when I try to install program by typing make it says file cannot be found I know this is something stupid I am doing can someone please clue me in
 
Old 03-27-2006, 02:35 PM   #2
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To compile a program:

./configure
make
make install

And thats it.
 
Old 03-27-2006, 02:36 PM   #3
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Well is there a Makefile there? What does the Readme or install file say?
Need more info. What is the program and point a link to the download?

Brian1
 
Old 03-27-2006, 02:42 PM   #4
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Good idea Brian1. It might be a binary package or some source that uses different means of compiling.

An error message might help also.
 
Old 03-27-2006, 03:07 PM   #5
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Quote:
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when I try to install program by typing make it says file cannot be found I know this is something stupid I am doing can someone please clue me in
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What program?
Does the folder have a "README"?
Do you know that it is something that expects to be compiled?
 
Old 03-28-2006, 02:25 PM   #6
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This is what i see in Directory

wxr-xr-x 11 500 users 928 Mar 28 06:21 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 120 Mar 27 06:23 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 31 Feb 27 2002 AUTHORS
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 15131 Feb 27 2002 COPYING
drwxr-xr-x 2 500 users 128 Jun 30 2003 CVS
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 5811 Jun 30 2003 ChangeLog
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 6970 Feb 27 2002 INSTALL
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 1088 Jun 22 2003 Makefile.am
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 450 Feb 27 2002 Makefile.dist
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 21866 Jun 30 2003 Makefile.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 0 Feb 27 2002 README
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 839 Feb 27 2002 TODO
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 331328 Jun 22 2003 acinclude.m4
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 360502 Jun 30 2003 aclocal.m4
drwxr-xr-x 3 500 users 808 Jun 30 2003 admin
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 3817 Jun 30 2003 config.h.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7079 Mar 28 06:21 config.log
-rwxr-xr-x 1 500 users 766789 Jun 30 2003 configure
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 41 Jun 22 2003 configure.files
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 3089 Jun 22 2003 configure.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 289 Apr 24 2003 configure.in.in
drwxr-xr-x 5 500 users 184 Jun 30 2003 doc
drwxr-xr-x 3 500 users 224 Jun 30 2003 fonts
drwxr-xr-x 4 500 users 1280 Jun 30 2003 kpacman
drwxr-xr-x 3 500 users 336 Jun 18 2003 kpacman-api
-rw------- 1 500 users 20570 Jun 30 2003 kpacman.kdevprj
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 6388 Jun 30 2003 kpacman.kdevses
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 451 Mar 28 06:26 kpacman.lsm
drwxr-xr-x 4 500 users 160 Jun 30 2003 maps
drwxr-xr-x 7 500 users 648 Jun 30 2003 pics
drwxr-xr-x 3 500 users 360 Jun 30 2003 po
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 10 Jun 22 2003 stamp-h.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 500 users 31 Jun 22 2003 subdirs
linux:/usr/share/games/pacman/kpacman-0.3.2 #

I dont see make anywhere
 
Old 03-28-2006, 03:37 PM   #7
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please read the file README or INSTALL to find out how to install this package. i'm sure you will find a better guide there

just type cat README |less and you can read the file

ps: in fact there is a makefile file thus you will most likely just have to do this:
./configure
make
make install

Last edited by shorun; 03-28-2006 at 03:39 PM.
 
Old 03-28-2006, 04:23 PM   #8
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vampirite
To compile a program:

./configure
make
make install

And thats it.
farmergreg;

Did you do this?? (First reply to your post)

"make" is a system command (part of the compiler)
 
Old 03-28-2006, 04:33 PM   #9
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Looks like you are installing kpacman. I downloaded the source and read the INSTALL file. Here is the section on the install part from it.

The simplest way to compile this package is:

1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
`./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
`sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
`configure' itself.

Running `configure' takes a while. While running, it prints some
messages telling which features it is checking for.

2. Type `make' to compile the package.

3. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
documentation.

4. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
source code directory by typing `make clean'.

From the above it is missing one things for a beginner. When you do the make install you need to be root so type ' su ' to become root.
 
Old 03-29-2006, 10:04 AM   #10
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I logged on as root and it is kpacman, I was just looking for something simple to install to try to figure this out. Initially I typed ./configure and that works but when i type make it says file is missing.
 
Old 03-29-2006, 10:10 AM   #11
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Do you have the automake package installed? How to check will vary from distro to distro..
 
Old 03-29-2006, 10:12 AM   #12
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could you post the output of the error (that we for once know what the problem is).

is it's make itselve that can't be found try installing gcc
 
Old 03-29-2006, 11:54 AM   #13
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is it's make itselve that can't be found try installing gcc
make isn't part of gcc, it's in a separate package.
 
Old 03-29-2006, 04:29 PM   #14
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Unknown distro so if it is rpm based then run command ' rpm -qa | grep make ' to see if automake is installed or which version.
Also you can use the command ' whereis make ' to see if it exist and where. If it does type the command using the whole path. Example: /usr/bin/make
Possible it may not be in your path.

Brian1
 
Old 03-30-2006, 09:30 AM   #15
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I will post the error message and the version is suse 9.1 I have 10 downloading but it takes awhile to download. I will also try your suggestions and I very much do appreciate your patience and help

Greg
 
  


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