First you "cd" to the install DIR...the type "./configure" <--that is DOT then
slash, this tells the configure command to run IN the DIR your in.
HTH
Jaguar
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> "forstfed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 03/30/2000 11:43:56 AM
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> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Subject: RE: [newbie] Installing apps from source code
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> did you do "configure" before attempting "make"?
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> Ed
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> 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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