Re: Can't build from source

2006-06-26 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 02:28:57AM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 10:51:18AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Lothar says you need autoconf package. I would suggest you may need more than just that. You have to have a complete build environment along with all the

Re: Can't build from source

2006-06-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 10:51:18AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: Lothar says you need autoconf package. I would suggest you may need more than just that. You have to have a complete build environment along with all the dependencies of the particular package you are building. Begin by

Can't build from source

2006-06-23 Thread Lawrence Li
hi list: This is probably newbie question, but I've encountered several obstacles when trying to compile from sources. The scenario is that I've installed Debian Linux (Sarge) on iBook G3 (ppc), no I didn't use dual-system (OS X deleted) because my HD is only 20G. This seems to be a sadist's

Re: Can't build from source

2006-06-23 Thread Lothar Braun
Hi Lawrence, On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 15:49 +0800, Lawrence Li wrote: When trying to compile from source, I follow these steps: # tar xvzf package.tar.gz (or tar xvjf package.tar.bz2) # cd package # ./configure # make # make install But somehow I always ended up stuck at ./configure or

Re: Can't build from source

2006-06-23 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 03:49:37PM +0800, Lawrence Li wrote: hi list: This is probably newbie question, but I've encountered several obstacles when trying to compile from sources. [...] When trying to compile from source, I follow these steps: # tar xvzf package.tar.gz (or tar xvjf

Re: Can't build from source

2006-06-23 Thread Lawrence Li
Thanks Andrew, Lothar, I've just installed autoconf, but Lothar is right to say that I need more. I'll look into the README, INSTALL and ./configure outputs. Lawrence On 24/06/06, Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 03:49:37PM +0800, Lawrence Li wrote: hi

Re: Can't build from source

2006-06-23 Thread Lawrence Li
Thanks Andrew, Lothar, I've just installed autoconf, but Andrew is right to say that I need more. I'll look into the README, INSTALL and ./configure outputs. Lawrence On 24/06/06, Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 03:49:37PM +0800, Lawrence Li wrote:

Can't build from source

2006-06-22 Thread Lawrence Li
hi list: This is probably newbie question, but I've encountered several obstacles when trying to compile from sources. The scenario is that I've installed Debian Linux (Sarge) on iBook G3 (ppc), no I didn't use dual-system (OS X deleted) because my HD is only 20G. This seems to be a sadist's