Unix and Linux → Need help in compiling source code.

I downloaded the source code for KSetiSpy and I need to compile it. How do I go about doing that?

If it was a source tarball, then you would most likely follow these steps:

# ./configure
# make
# make install

There is probably a file called 'INSTALL' in the root directory of the source. Read it for further instructions.

Thanks. The file I downloaded was a GZipped tarball.

The 'INSTALL' file said to do what you mentioned. I did that and it looks like I've run into a problem.

./configure
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... no
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH

Oh yea, the linux distro is Lindows.

It looks to me like you are missing some packages. I don't know how Lindows categorizes their programs, but you are missing some crucial pieces of development software.

You're stuck in a bit of a quandry here. You don't have a compiler, so you can't compile the compiler so you can compile programs. Follow so far? You'll need to see if you can install Lindows' pre-compiled binaries for gcc, automake, autoconf, etc. They'll probably be listed under a heading like "Development" or "Programming Tools". Something like that, anyhow.

said by benyto:

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They'll probably be listed under a heading like "Development" or "Programming Tools". Something like that, anyhow.

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I sure hope those are on the CD. If not, I'm gonna have to look elsewhere.

SOME packages?
Geez...looks like he's missing MOST of them! It'll be real interesting to see if Lindows includes them on the disks.
drjim

I don't think they will. Everything is 'Click-n-Run' in this OS meaning that I have to go to the Lindows site and download/install from there if I want to use their stuff. Right now, I'm looking for something that will install .rpm's.

Ok, yeah, you're right. He's missing them all.

I'm curious if they include them, too.

Well, it seems that the 'link' on my Lindows desktop to my CD-ROM drive isn't configured properly. I'm getting an error 'file or directory file:/mnt/amnt/cdrom1 doesn't exist'. That's rather odd because I installed Lindows from CD.

I just checked the execute properties for the link and it shows 'kfmclient openProfile filemanagement "/mnt/amnt/cdrom1"' in the command window. KDE is the desktop environment.

Maybe it's cdrom0? Do you have more than one CD-ROM?

On that system I only have one CD-ROM drive.

See if you can edit that link and change it to cdrom0. Try right-clicking on the link to bring up its properties.

I changed it to cdrom0 and I get the same error message.

Seemes to me that there is a basic problem here. If you are interested in compiling things from source you shouldn't be using Lindows since there is virtually no development infrastructure by design. I compile things from source a lot and use Mandrake which is pretty newbie friendly. This latter distro has most of the developmental structure you need and is fairly efficiently organized package wise. Just my two cents worth ignore if you like....

I now know why I was getting the error message. I put the CD into the wrong system. Doh! Anyways, now that that's solved, what am I looking for?

You're looking for all of the development tools since you seem to have none installed.

Those would be in the DEV subdirectory on the CD correct? If so, I'm SOL. It's empty.

Go to »www.lindows.com and look at the "Click & Run Warehouse." There is a category called "Software Development" which looks like it has everything you need. I've never used Lindows, so thats about all the help I can be. Good Luck!

I've already looked and there's just one small problem... I'm not a Lindows Insider so I don't have the luxury of being able to 'Click-n-Run' what I need. I'm borrowing the CD from a friend to take a peek at it. With what I've seen so far, I'm leaning towards purchasing Lindows in the very near future.

Hmmmmm....The old 'Rock-and-a-Hard Spot' gambit. I can't get the tools I need unless I buy it, and I'm not sure I want to buy it unless it does what I want. Maybe your friend can get you the stuff you need?
Good Luck!
drjim

He probably can but that brings me to another dilemna of sorts. Since it's 'Click-n-Run', how would he be able to give me the software that I would need since it's installed after it's downloaded? Would he be able to just copy what I would need onto a CD and give that to me to install?

said by jplove71:

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I'm not a Lindows Insider so I don't have the luxury of being able to 'Click-n-Run' what I need.

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Your inability to use Click-n-Run because your not a "Lindows Insider" caught my interest. I looked around the Lindows website and saw what you were talking about. With Mandrake, RedHat and SuSE (the only three distro's I have experience with) you have access to updates and software without having to pay a $99 per year subscription. Unless you have some compelling reason to use Lindows, you may wish to try one of the "mainstream" distro's before buying Lindows.

Well, never having given Lindows more than a passing look, I guess I don't know. Can he come over and login on your PC?
drjim

said by drjim:

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Well, never having given Lindows more than a passing look, I guess I don't know. Can he come over and login on your PC?
drjim

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Sure, if he were to fly here from Chicago.

Uhhhh....gee....It never occurred to me he was out-of-state!
Oh well....
drjim

said by drjim:

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Uhhhh....gee....It never occurred to me he was out-of-state!
Oh well....
drjim

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LOL

said by hotshotDJ:

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without having to pay a $99 per year subscription.

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Hmmm... I was under the impression that it was a one-time fee. I'll have to double-check that.

said by jplove71:

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Hmmm... I was under the impression that it was a one-time fee. I'll have to double-check that.

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Here is what it says at »www.lindows.com/lindows_ ··· gnup.php

said by Lindows:

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What do we ask of you?

* A $99 fee for a one year membership
* Your feedback about our plans, our products and our future direction

Join now and help us shape the development of a cutting edge product with your valuable feedback. Together, we can bring choice to the desktop computer!

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Perhaps I'm mistaken, but it looks to me like they want you to pay $99 per year to beta test for them.