And congratulations on your first steps with the command line. (:
On Oct 12, 12:54 pm, "G." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you both very much. This has definitely got me moving somewhere,
> at least the ./configure command is recognized now. The new issue is
> that I don't seem to have other programs necessary to configure
> dvipng; viz. "gcc" (?).
>
> I did a search and found this website with a download (http://
> gcc.gnu.org/ ) & followed the download link etc etc, but **could not
> figure out which of the many files there I actually needed to
> download.** Sorry to take up your time with such novice questions.
> Again, if there is a resource online that introduces new users to this
> vast world of completely new terminology and procedures, I'd be very
> interested; though I'm starting to suspect the struggle is a rite of
> passage!
>
> Best,
>
> - Abel
>
> On Oct 11, 9:01 pm, Jason Axelson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Joseph <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > When you open up terminal, you're in your user directory. Let's
> > > suppose that "configure" is in the "dvipng" directory, which is in
> > > your "downloads" directory, which is in your user directory. Then
> > > you'd type "./downloads/dvipng/configure &" without the quotes, or
> > > whatever commands it tells you, but replacing "./" with "./downloads/
> > > dvipng/". If there is no "./" in the command it tells you, then you
> > > don't need to specify a directory: "./" means "this directory", so if
> > > the command doesn't have it it's directory independent.
>
> > I have a couple things to add to this since I've used a Mac before
> > (although I primarily use Linux). The Downloads folder is capitalized
> > with a capital D. Also an easy way to change directory is to first
> > type "cd " (don't forget the space after) and then go to the finder
> > and drag the folder you want to go to into the terminal window, that
> > will fill out the path for you. After that, just press enter and now
> > you are in that directory and can run the commands like you did
> > initially.
>
> > Jason
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