Re: [newbie] Cannot get program to start

[Neill Jones]

RickS wrote: RickS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Grumpy_Penguin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [...] ./configure make Actually instructions said just do a #make hmm ... then you'd have to manually put the executable somewhere in the path ... and make sure it's got execute permissions [...] Went to the sourceforge site for bside and had to browse the SVN repo to find any files, (seems there aren't any package to download) but the makefile has an *install* target that would do just that, install it to /usr/local/{bin,lib,include} ---------8<----------------------8<-------------------- ... install: cp bside_tokenizer $(BIN_PREFIX)/ chmod a+rx,g-w,o-w $(BIN_PREFIX)/bside_tokenizer cp bside $(BIN_PREFIX)/ chmod a+rx,g-w,o-w $(BIN_PREFIX)/bside cp tokenizer.so $(LIB_PREFIX)/libbsidetokenizer.so chmod a+r,g-w,o-w $(LIB_PREFIX)/libbsidetokenizer.so ldconfig cp tokenizer.h $(HDR_PREFIX)/bsidetokenizer.h chmod a+r,g-w,o-w $(HDR_PREFIX)/bsidetokenizer.h x # Install the man Page gzip bside.1 cp bside.1.gz $(MAN_DIR)/ ... ---------8<----------------------8<-------------------- Is /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH ... Hopefully helpful somehow ... -- ~RickS Shouldn't there be a shorter word for "monosyllabic"? - Why Why Why n°17 ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________ Hi RickS Ah I should have read your reply before posting almost the same :-) Couldn't find the files either on source forge so was guessing the install target. Thanks for the extra investigation Regards Neill