Martin Rubey wrote:
> 
> Rob <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > Hi again.  Unfortunately it failed again, but this time with a
> > different error message.  Here's what it does now:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > checking for gtar... no
> > checking for tar... tar
> > checking for gpatch... no
> > checking for patch... no
> > configure: error: FriCAS needs a patch program
> > ***********************************************************
> > Failed to configure FriCAS.
> > ***********************************************************
> >
> > real        0m...etc.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > I guess I'm missing something else now. Is there anything else I can
> > try?
> 
> You should forward these things to the fricas list...
> 
> In any case, it seems that you are missing patch or gpatch.  I don't
> know why, but Waldek certainly does.  Possibly also Ralf?
>

The canonical answer to this question is "install patch program".
IIRC for Ubuntu patch is a separate package.

Only if patch is installed it makes sense to ask why it is
not detected...

-- 
                              Waldek Hebisch
[email protected] 

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