"no targets specified and no makefile found"
 

hi ppl

i wuz trying to install gaim( in xandros) using the console but i get the "no targets specified and no makefile found" error message after i type make. i checked the forums and found out that it is due to Makefile missing in the directory but it was there. HELP!!!

First of all, if ./configure had a error then Makefile won't be created

Incase that isn't the problem , can you please give us a list of the files you have in the dir? (`ls -al` plz)

well there r three make file in it:
Makefile.am
Makefile.in
Makefile.mingw

there r lots of other files too though. u need their names too?

Yes, if you can do a ls -al and show me the output?
(maybe there is autogen.sh and stuff like that)

Is there a 'configure.in' or 'configure.ac'? If so, check out 'man autoconf' to produce a ./configure script.

well when i try ./configure it gives an error :

configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

so what do i do now. i saw the config.log file and it too long to show here. do u want any part of it?/

You did not say what distro you have installed.

It looks like you do not have a compiler installed.
You need to install gcc and related files.

Install gcc from your distro's install disks. If you need help installing gcc advise which Linux distro that you are using and someone will point you in the right direction.

After you install gcc, most software can be compiled with something similar to
./configure
make
su
password
make install

If you have a .tar or .tar.gz file then extract the contents to a folder of your choosing and read the README and INSTALL files for instructions on installing the software.

well i installed all of them and ./configure and make went fine. then as root when i typed make install it gave some error like there is nothing to do etc etc.

my distro is xandros

When you switched user to root were you still in the same folder as you did make in? Or when you switched were you then in root's home folder? If there was nothing to do, sounds like you switched folders maybe.

i think that s it