On Monday 01 October 2001 21:08, you wrote: > This has happened to me a number of times, but here is > the current instance. you have to type "./INSTALL". if you don' it doesn't look for it in your pwd.
mik > > I've downloaded a gz copy of the Acrobat reader and > successfully decompressed it by using tar xzvf > filename. Next, I am supposed to be able build either > by typing "make," or, in this case, INSTALL. > > There is no make file but there is a file named > INSTALL. But typing "make," as you would expect, says > there is none; and, typing INSTALL returns "no such > command." It doesn't recognize INSTALL as an > executabe. (There is an asterisk after the name when > it is listed.) > > Although I don't remember the specifics (and it has > not always been an install that I've tried) there have > been many occassions when simply entering a file name > does nothing (nore does single or double clicking in > KDE or Gnome. > > ===== > "If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not > achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be > "meetings." -- Dave Barry
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