How to compile source???

Aranilion · 08-24-2004, 03:47 PM

Can someone walk me through the steps of compiling and running dled source code.

Aranilion

acid_kewpie · 08-24-2004, 03:50 PM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=45094

Proud · 08-24-2004, 03:51 PM

Read the README and INSTALL files, check you have the stated compilers, run the stated commands, use new program.

david_ross · 08-24-2004, 03:52 PM

Welcome to LQ.

You can find general instructions here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ticle&artid=15

However you should really read the specific instructions that came with the software you downloaded.

Aranilion · 08-24-2004, 05:01 PM

Thanks guys that was what I was looking for

Quote:

However you should really read the specific instructions that came with the software you downloaded.

Yeah I wish, I cant find them. I'm running SUSE 9.1 personal

acid_kewpie · 08-24-2004, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aranilion
Thanks guys that was what I was looking for

Yeah I wish, I cant find them. I'm running SUSE 9.1 personal

doesn't make any difference to the tar.gz you downloaded.. untar the file and the README file inside is there to help.

Aranilion · 08-24-2004, 05:32 PM

Ok I untar and then cd to the directory, then I type ./configure in the root console. I get this error

x1-6-00-00-39-0a-70-ce:/home/trevor/gaim-0.81 # ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking for sed... /bin/sed
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details

What now? is this source incompatible with suse or something?

acid_kewpie · 08-24-2004, 05:35 PM

you didn't install the development tools when you installed... install gcc and all it's related packages from your distro cd's.

Aranilion · 08-24-2004, 05:59 PM

according to Yast, The GCC preprocessor and c compiler runtime library are already installed.

Aranilion · 08-24-2004, 06:04 PM

anyone know where config.log is located???

gizmo_thunder · 08-25-2004, 12:38 AM

the config.log file should be in the same directory where you
performed the compilation or in your home directory.

david_ross · 08-25-2004, 12:38 PM

Aranilion, if gcc is installed then it is not in your PATH - post the output from:
echo $PATH
find / -name "gcc"

slackie1000 · 08-25-2004, 12:44 PM

hi there...

with Suse 9.1 personal comes nothing of development tools...
you need to download that by yourself... the Yast dependency check can help you ...
like acid_kewpie said you need all related packages to gcc..

regards

slackie1000