On 03/11/2012 10:34 PM, Ted Unangst wrote:
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012, Kaya Saman wrote:
try: automake --version
autoconf --version
The messages should be self-explanatory if you didn't define certain
environment variables, e.g., I have this in my environment:
automake --version
autoconf --version
come up with this
# automake --version
Provide an AUTOMAKE_VERSION environment variable, please
# autoconf --version
Provide an AUTOCONF_VERSION environment variable, please
How are those messages not self explanatory? Did you read them?
Sure I read them it's a bit difficult not to!
I also managed to get round them by providing the versions:
eg. automake-1.11 --version
my issue was how to get the Ntop config script to understand that
automake and autoconf **are** installed on the system!!!
Luckily a friendly person did explain that I should first **export** the
versions then run the config gen script which indeed worked!!!
export AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.11 AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.67
However, please note that am still learning OpenBSD after coming over
from Linux and FreeBSD and additionally I am NOT a programmer or even
good at programming!!!!
My main base in fact is network engineering so forgive me if I don't
know the intricate details of the OpenBSD OS....
Using FreeBSD I would just do this:
cd /usr/ports/*/ntop
make install clean
and providing my **ports** tree is uptodate it will work flawlessly.
Additionally on Linux for RPM based would be yum install ntop or DEB
based would be apt-get install ntop
Now I do know these without even needing to read the documentation...
however even **IF** I tried to compile on one of those platforms which I
do all the time.... I never need to adjust system variables or tell the
configure script what compiler or other I'm using as it is intelligent
enough to autodetect it.
I understand OpenBSD is different and I'm trying to get used to it but
please cut new users some slack as not everyone is God's gift to
computing....... {I don't say this as an attack or with any bad
intentions just frustration at how unforgiving this list is sometimes}
Regards,
Kaya
