From: Sujan M Swearingen ([email protected])
Date: Mon Jun 19 2000 - 15:09:44 CEST
A ./configure script is a script used by many linux applications. It
greatly simplifies the installation process. It checks various parts of
the system (i.e. compiler type and version, libraries, and proccesor). It
then makes the necessary make files.
Yes, I am compiling a program from the world wide web.
Sujan M. Swearingen
[email protected]
UIN# 1701031
On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Michele Andreoli wrote:
>On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 01:00:36PM -0500, Swearingen nicely wrote:
>> When I run a ./configure script, I get:
>>
>> expr X [-|+|/|*|%] Y, or: expr [o|x] X
>> expr X [-|+|/|*|%] Y, or: expr [o|x] X
>> expr X [-|+|/|*|%] Y, or: expr [o|x] X
>> ld: not found
>> cc: not found
>> cc: not found
>> configure: error: can not guess host type; you must specify one.
>
>What's is this "configure"? Are you compiling some world-wide-web
>package in mulinux?
>
>>
>> Also when I reboot, some of the configuration changes I make to files in
>> /etc get re-written with default ones.
>
>If you change something by hand, "setup -s" is required.
>
>Michele
>
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