Don't know if this helps, but I'll put in my two cents
worth.
I used to have a lot of problem install programs as
source code.
What works for me is:
copy to package to /usr/local (rather than your home
directory.
When you I run configure, I have to do it like this to
get it to work:
./configure
then
make
make install
That usually works for me.
--- forstfed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> did you do "configure" before attempting "make"?
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 9:20 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] Installing apps from source code
>
>
>
>
> I'm brand new to Linux - used Unix a long time ago,
> but don't remember
> much -
> I've downloaded a file manager in the form of source
> code, and need to do a
> "make" to compile it - typing "make" at the shell
> prompt tells me that there
> is
> no "make" in my searchpath, and I tried to do a File
> Find, and there doesn't
> seem to be an executable called "make" - I have
> tried to upgrade in Expert
> mode
> and select as many C++ related libraries, etc. as I
> could find, but still
> don't
> seem to have the elusive "make" command - anyone
> know specifically which
> package(s) I need to install? I don't have room for
> ALL of the developement
> packages in the Mandrake install.....
>
>
>
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