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Hi, I'm trying to install whiteBOX (configuration tool for blackbox wm) and have unpacked the .tar.gz file ok. When I run ./configure, I get the following:
[nick@nc23 whiteBOX-0.5]$ ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
configure: error: can not find install-sh or install.sh in . ./.. ./../..
Permissions maybe? ls -l the file make sure your user has execute permissions on it, also run configure with --help to view any options, maybe you need to specify where it's looking.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 nick nick 30 Jul 9 08:20 install-sh -> /usr/share
/automake/install-sh
Relevant bit of ./configure --help:
Directory and file names:
--prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
[/usr/local]
--exec-prefix=EPREFIX install architecture-dependent files in EPREFIX
[same as prefix]
--bindir=DIR user executables in DIR [EPREFIX/bin]
--sbindir=DIR system admin executables in DIR [EPREFIX/sbin]
--libexecdir=DIR program executables in DIR [EPREFIX/libexec]
--datadir=DIR read-only architecture-independent data in DIR
[PREFIX/share]
--sysconfdir=DIR read-only single-machine data in DIR [PREFIX/etc]
--sharedstatedir=DIR modifiable architecture-independent data in DIR
[PREFIX/com]
--localstatedir=DIR modifiable single-machine data in DIR [PREFIX/var]
--libdir=DIR object code libraries in DIR [EPREFIX/lib]
--includedir=DIR C header files in DIR [PREFIX/include]
--oldincludedir=DIR C header files for non-gcc in DIR [/usr/include]
--infodir=DIR info documentation in DIR [PREFIX/info]
--mandir=DIR man documentation in DIR [PREFIX/man]
--srcdir=DIR find the sources in DIR [configure dir or ..]
--program-prefix=PREFIX prepend PREFIX to installed program names
--program-suffix=SUFFIX append SUFFIX to installed program names
--program-transform-name=PROGRAM
run sed PROGRAM on installed program names
This:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 nick nick 30 Jul 9 08:20 install-sh -> /usr/share
/automake/install-sh
Is throwing me off? Could you explain what you've done so far? I cannot see why install-sh is symlinked anywhere on your system, this should be a self-contained package, with of course lib dependencies et al, but not a install-sh file in /usr/share/automake ???
Could you also point me towards the location where you grabbed the file?
You're welcome, and please post back whatever you find out. With any luck, the Author will contact you directly to inform you if there is a step we are missing, or if indeed it was just a glitch during packaging (not really a bug, but close enough).
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