What version are you attempting to install. 1.6? 

Gerard 

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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Michael Simms
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:27 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Quest re: Subversion on SLES 11.0

I have been trying to install a  package called Subversion. Since I
could not find a binary for SuSE SLES 11 on zVM, I am attempting to
compile it from scratch by doing a './configure....' and then 'make'.
Wow, what a mess. I must be missing some trick or knowledge. Has anybody
done this? And, if so, would you have any advice for all the
'pre-installed software package requisites' that is required? By this I
mean as an example the following scenario:

1. I issue './configure...' to configure Subversion.
         './configure...' stops and tell me that the configure/make for
'zlib' had errors.
            I 'cd' to the zlib directory and issue a ./configure. Seems
good.
                I do a make. It seems good as well.
2. So we are  back at the './configure...' for Subversion.
        Subversion stops, telling me that 'Serf' has erred on it's
'./configure'.
            'Serf' is missing an 'APR' type package. I down load and
untar it.
                I 'cd' to this APR package lib.
                I issue ./configure/make and for this package, it seems
to have gone well.
            So we are now back at the 'Serf' ./configure/make.
                I do the ./configure manually. Looks good.
                I do the 'make'. It seems good.
3. Once again, we are back at the Subversion level. I continue on with
the './configure'
        All seems well.
4. Let's say for arguments sake I have completed the './configure...'
without too many errors, at least none that are critical (I think).
    Now I key in the 'make'.  Package missing.
        I download the package and untar it.
            I 'cd' to it's directory. I do the './configure'. Errors.
            Needs 'x-package-of-some-sort'. I download it.
                Go thru the procedures shown above, you know, the
configure/make process.
5. I  finally get back to the Subversion 'make' process again.
    We begin where it erred off before.
etc,
etc,
etc,
etc,
etc,
etc.

Do you get my drift? It just seems like I'm spinning my wheels. I've
already installed all that the Subversion documents told me before I
even began, and yet, there are still many, many more packages that I
find out about while going through the ./configure...' and build
processes, since as I established before, there are no binaries that I
can find for Subversion, on SuSE SLES11, on zSeries.
I've got to be doing something wrong, yes?
HELP!!!! :-)
I don't really know whether I am on the correct path and I just need to
have patience and see it through, or?Any help or guidance would be so
appreciated.
Regards,
Michael



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