compiling 3rd softwares (tar.gz)

[aze]

Hi guys!

I noted that mostly 3rd programs must be compiled to run under linux. So I'm newbie and I'd like to know what exactly should I install to compile "tar.gz" contents.

Thank you!

[MottS]

That should help a bit.

 

http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...1617&highlight=

 

MOttS

[aze]

thank you! I'll check it!

[aze]

I read that!

Well I know that each situation is a different situation. IMHO I wont be able to learn all compiling just a C program. So, thanks to this forum users I can learn it ¨step-by-step¨

Please check out this one I downloaded:

 

README

VClock Version 0.6.0,

 

site: http://www.evil3d.net/products/nvclock

 

projectpage: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/nvclock

   

Introduction

============

 

This program allows you to overclock your NVIDIA based graphics card under Linux.

 

 

Building, installing and using

==============================

 

First you have to do ./autogen.sh then choose one of the steps below.

 

Command line version and GTK version only. If no GTK headers are found it is disabled.

NVClock chooses the best GTK version availible on the computer.

./configure --prefix=/usr

 

Qt gui

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-qt to compile the qt gui too

(qt doesn't work very well with the makefiles)

 

 

make

make install

 

Every step at this readme was successful. Except for ¨make install¨ (my problem is always that). Look:

 

$ make install

Making install in src

make[1]: Entering directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src'

Making install in backend

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/backend'

make[3]: Entering directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/backend'

make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.

make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.

make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/backend'

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/backend'

Making install in gtk

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/gtk'

make[3]: Entering directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/gtk'

/bin/sh ../../mkinstalldirs /usr/bin

make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.

make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/gtk'

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/gtk'

Making install in gtk2

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/gtk2'

make[3]: Entering directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/gtk2'

/bin/sh ../../mkinstalldirs /usr/bin

make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.

make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/gtk2'

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/gtk2'

Making install in qt

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/qt'

make[3]: Entering directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/qt'

/bin/sh ../../mkinstalldirs /usr/bin

make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'.

make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/qt'

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src/qt'

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src'

make[3]: Entering directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src'

/bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/bin

  /usr/bin/install -c  nvclock /usr/bin/nvclock

/usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file `/usr/bin/nvclock': Permission denied

make[3]: *** [install-binPROGRAMS] Error 1

make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src'

make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src'

make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/leandro/nvclock0.6/src'

make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1

[leandro@localhost nvclock0.6]$ ./NVClock

bash: ./NVClock: No such file or directory

What should I do?

Thank you!

[Cannonfodder]

As I said in my previous post, you may need to be root. So do this..

 

su

type your root password

make install

 

Should work... let us know if it doesn't :)