On Sunday 22 August 2004 19:24, Marv Boyes wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > Some of you may recall my whining in earlier posts about how I've > never been able to build and install anything from source on my > Mandrake 9.2 system. Until now, I've been content to use RPMs to > install older versions of the softare I want, but it's clear that I > will NEVER be proficient in Linux until I've conquered this problem I > seem to have with source. > > I'm familiar with the whole ./configure-make-make install thing. > That's not the problem. Time and again, I end up with errors (lately, > with autoconf supposedly not being installed. This is wrong; I _have_ > autoconf installed). Source packages are claiming to not be able to > find the stuff they need, when I KNOW I have everything necessary > installed. > > I think the main problem is that I have no clear idea of where to > drop my untarred source directories. I've read that they absolutely > _must_ be in /usr/src-- and that they _must_ be in /opt/src; or > /usr/local/src, or... You get the picture. I haven't been able to get > a clear answer to where my sources should live. I've tried them all, > and nothing has ever worked. I've read tutorial after tutorial, and > all they seem to say is 'unpack the tarball, then cd to the > directory, then run ./configure, then...' Unpack _where_? > > I know a lot of you get frustrated having to spoon-feed newbies, but > this is driving me crazy. If it's all been done before, I'm sorry-- > but can someone please walk me through this step-by-step? (Again, > this is on Mdk 9.2.) Let's say I have source package > n00bsource-1.0.0.tar.gz. Where do I unpack it, and what should I be > doing to make sure that the thing will successfully build, install, > and run? > > Any guidance would be greatly appreciated-- I _think_ that this is my > last real obstacle to getting the most out of Linux. Thanks very much > in advance. > > > Marv I can help with one thing. Where to unpack the source. It doesnt matter! I just unpacked lm_sensors-2.8.5.tar.gz in my home directory. low and behold a new directory lm_sensor-2.8.5 cd into that directory & read README's & INSTALL and do make, make-install. I didn't say it worked, but that's how it should go. -- Regards; Hoyt Registered Linux User #363264 http://counter.li.org
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