On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 10:40 AM, petern <peter.nichvolo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Was there a version in the past where the compile instructions made sense? > > tar xzf sqlite.tar.gz ;# Unpack the source tree into "sqlite" > mkdir bld ;# Build will occur in a sibling > directory > cd bld ;# Change to the build directory > ../sqlite/configure ;# Run the configure script > > Lost me there at the configure step... > > It seems to me the line should read simply > > ../configure ;# Run the configure script > Makes sense. At the time you issued the "tar" command, you are in directory "x". Perhaps the following will make more sense (stuff before the > is the current working directory) x>tar xzf sqlite.tar.gz x># above creates directory ./sqlite x>mkdir bld # make directory ./bld x>cd bld x/bld>../sqlite/configure x/bld> # up to directory x, then down in into directory sqlite & run configure residing there x/bld> # results of configure are put in this directory -- Veni, Vidi, VISA: I came, I saw, I did a little shopping. Maranatha! <>< John McKown _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
