It lists all the tarballs. I am indeed in that directory. Thanks for the prompt reply :)
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote: > Cory Cline wrote: >> Hello there! >> >> I am in the section titled "Xorg Protocol Headers" >> >> I am in the directory /sources/xc/proto/ >> >> I issue the command: >> >> for package in $(grep -v '^#' ../proto-7.7.md5 | awk '{print $2}') >> do >> packagedir=${package%.tar.bz2} >> tar -xf $package >> pushd $packagedir >> ./configure $XORG_CONFIG >> $AS_ROOT make install >> popd >> rm -r $packagedir >> done >> >> And it yields me the result: "tar: >: Cannot open. No such file or >> directory" >> >> Any idea of the cause of this? > > I think you have some kind of typo. What do you get from: > > $ grep -v '^#' ../proto-7.7.md5 | awk '{print $2}' > > You need to be in the directory with the tar.bz2 files to start. > > -- Bruce > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
