Re: Downloading and compiling projects

[Ossama Khayaat <ossamak at nht dot com dot kw>]

I tried this on both RH 7.3 and RH 8, which were
fully installed and updated to the latest errata.
I tried other non-Arabeyes projects, and I was
almost always successfull.
Anyway, I will try the boot straping you told me
about and see what happens.

Thanks for you help.

Ossama Khayat

Anas Nashif wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 00:00, Ossama Khayaat wrote:
>
> > Sorry for the late answer for I don't have Internet
> > connection at home.
> > I tried almost all the project, and couldn't compile
> > any. That's why I feel stupid :'(
>
>
> You might want to check that you have all the development tools, i.e,
> autoconf, automake, libtool etc. On a descent Linux distribution you can
> install all of those by selecting  a group or a task in the software
> installation manager.
>
> Depending on the project, you might need different packages, so please
> check with the authors and the README and see whats missing.
>
> Anas
>
>
> > Ossama
> >
> > Anas Nashif wrote:
> >
> > > What project are you trying to compile?
> > >
> > > Anas
> > >
> > > On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 14:12, Ossama Khayaat wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Thanks for the quick response.
> > > > I tried using ./autogen.sh but still it gave
> > > > me errors!
> > > > Isn't there any extensive help on this or more
> > > > information. Or do I have to read A LOT till I
> > > > can manage to do it my self?
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > > Ossama Khayat
> > > >
> > > > Anas Nashif wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 14:02, Ossama Khayaat wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Assalamou Alaikom,
> > > > > > I really need help in the following issues.
> > > > > > So far, I tried so many times to download the test
> > > > > > the source from the projects that we have like
> > > > > > katoob, libquran, akka.
> > > > > > I really feel i'm either stupid, or miss something!
> > > > > > As far as I know, when I download the source, I
> > > > > > will find the configure file so i can:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > # ./configure
> > > > > > # make
> > > > > > # make install
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well, I find only configure.in and when I try to run
> > > > > > it, it says permissions denied. So, I suppose it's a
> > > > > > permissions problem and use:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > You have to bootstrap the source first.
> > > > > Normally this is done with 
> > > > > 	make -f Makefile.dist
> > > > > or 	
> > > > > 	make -f Makefile.cvs
> > > > > But some projects also provide  a script for that, i.e.
> > > > > ./bootstrap
> > > > > or 
> > > > > ./autogen.sh
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Anas
> > > >
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