> [root@derfel LinNeighborhood-0.6.5]# ./configure
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for working aclocal... missing
> checking for working autoconf... missing
> checking for working automake... missing
> checking for working autoheader... missing
> checking for working makeinfo... found
> checking for gcc... no
> checking for cc... no
> checking for cc... no
> checking for cl... no
> configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATHWell, as you see, "make" and "make install" are not working because your first step failed. (configure ended in error). The output you got there means you don't hace gcc, which is a program that is needed every time you ever need to install software this way. (what you downloaded is called sourcecode. Surcecode is NOT an executable program, but rather a "recipee" to make it. gcc is the compiler. that is, the program that "reads the recipee" and creates the actual executable program. "configure" is a script that checks that you have all the necesary stuff you need to proceed with that process. It found that you are lacking the compiler. once you install one, configure will finish successfully and you will be able to tell your computer to "make" the program. and once that is ready and gcc produced the executable files, you can finally "make install" them...) now, to install your new compiler, simply do this first: [root@derfel LinNeighborhood-0.6.5]# urpmi gcc "urpmi" is Mandrake's tool to install packages that are included with the distribution's CDs. (kinda like "add/remove windows components" but with one difference: urpmi is not only for components of the OS, but for any other program as well) After you call "urpmi gcc", your cd-rom tray will pop up and ask you for you mandrake CD's. put the cd in, hit enter, and let it do it's work. once it's finished, try to ./configure again and see what happens. > [root@derfel LinNeighborhood-0.6.5]# make > make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. > [root@derfel LinNeighborhood-0.6.5]# make install > make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop. you can do these two only after configure ends successfully. > > What am I doing wrong? I have spent around 3 hours trying different > LinNeighborhood rpm's from different sites and the same thing happens at > the same stage, so I figure I must be doing something wrong. You were doing nothing wrong. the only problem is, you were executing these commands without wnowing what they are, so you had no way of telling what to do in case something went wrong. HTH Damian
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