On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:46:27 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 20 September 2006 20:20, Alan wrote: > > > I have re-run the decompressing command this time without the flies on > > the end and also I removed the gambas folder.... this time it > > decompressed the files and installed them into a gambas-1.0.17 > > directory. I have run the ./configure and that appears to have gone ok. > > I believe I now need to run Make and/or Make Install, > > however I think I am doing something wrong.... probably in the way I > > have typed the command but it does not seem to do anything. > Remember that the fundamental UNIX/Linux motto: "No news is good news". > > > Should I be typing these in from within the gambas folder, > Yes! > > > I have tried > > both normal and as root, or should I be doing this thru a 'Run" > > command??, again no success but could be the formatting of the command > > that I have wrong. > you should go to the Gambas page which documents how to build it:- > http://gambas.sourceforge.net/compilation.html > and do _exactly_ as it tells you ( cut and paste the commands ) > e.g. All the characters in the 'make' and 'make install' commands are lower > case. > > Note that you should probably be using the 'sudo make install' command > instead > of the 'su -c make install' to install Gambas. > > -- > CS > I say again, whats wrong with the bloody binary thats in the dapper repositories - and should therefore be in the mepis repositories.
