Well, the ./INSTALL file is not a shell script, it is a text file (you
need to read it with vi, or emacs, or something).
- Mike
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm trying to get KDE working on my 486 with RH
> 5.2. First I went to the ftp site and had trouble
> finding what to download. I eventually went with
> the generic stuff, but I can't seem to get it to
> install. I believe this to be the error of the
> user so I humbly throw myself at your feet. Here
> the specifics.
>
> I have it in my home dir.
> /home/josiah/kde/kdebase-1.0. I go there try to
> run ./INSTALL as root not su. Then it tells me:
>
> ./INSTALL: Basic: command not found
> ./INSTALL: ===============: command not found
> ./INSTALL: These: command not found
> ./INSTALL: unexpected EOF while looking for '"
> ./INSTALL: command substitution: line 4: syntax
> error
> ./INSTALL: The: command not found
> ./INSTALL: unexpected EOF while looking for '"
> ./INSTALL: command substitution: line 3: syntax
> error
> ./INSTALL: definitions.: command not found
> ./INSTALL: unexpected EOF while looking for '"
> ./INSTALL: ./INSTALL: line 168: syntax error
>
> And then it returns to the prompt. Does anyone
> know what this stuff means and how I can remedy
> this situations?
> I tried the README, but either missed what they
> said about this or didn't know what they were
> talking about.
>
> If it makes a difference I did run ./mkinstalldirs
>
> TIA
>
> Thanks,
> Josiah Ritchie
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>
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