Re: Downloading and compiling projects

[Mohammed Sameer <Uniball at gmx dot net>]

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Once upon a time Ossama Khayaat wrote @ Thu, 09 Jan 2003 08:00:24 +0300

> 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 :'(
> 
> 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

for katoob:
./autogen.sh
then
./configure "and pass any options you want"
for Quran i think make -f Makefile.cvs ?
the configure.in is used by autoconf to generate the configure script 

just send the error msg. when compiling and we are glad to help :-)


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