On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 17:50:13 +0200 Bill Sloman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >I've been trying to install gEDA/gaf under Mandrake Linux 9.0 for some > >time now. I've downloaded the source files by anonymous CVS, and installed > >them in /usr/local/src/gEDA, and edited line 13 of the Makefile to > > > >DIR_PREFIX=/usr/local/src/gEDA/geda/devel > > > >After downloading and installing gtk and glib, "make xinstall" seemed to > >work, once. Following it with "make install" didn't work. > > > >I then down-loaded all the .tar.gz files (geda, geda-gschem, > >geda-gsymcheck, guile etc) into /usr/local/src/gEDA/geda/devel after which > >running "make xinstall" seemed to work fine. > > > >Trying to run "make install" as the next stage of the process produced the > >following sequence. > > > >(cd libgeda: ./configure ---prefix=/root/geda) > >loading cache ./configure cache > >.configure: line 534: syntax error near unexpected token 'noweb/s_basic.nw' > >.configure: line 534: 'AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(noweb/s_basic.nw) > >make: *** [libgeda/config.h] > > > >I went off and found noweb, downloaded it - as .rpm files - with icon2, > >and installed both. Didn't make any difference. > > > >/usr/local/src/gEDA/geda/devel/libgeda/noweb/s_basic.nw > > > >exists, but trying to run noweb/s_basic.nw in the > >/usr/local/src/gEDA/geda/devel/libgeda/noweb directory doesn't work, > >despite the advice you find if you look inside 's_basic.nw' with vi. > > > >I think I've got as far as I'm going to get with my limited grasp of Linux > >- any advice gratefully received. > > > >-------- > >Bill Sloman, Nijmegen > > > > I have some handy instructions on my web page for installing Geda, they may be of help. http://milkstone.d2.net.au/software/geda.html -- Kind Regards Terry * See my Gnu/Linux EDA webpage at : http://milkstone.d2.net.au/ * Free Software provided by GNU; http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
