humano457 Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Hello, some days ago I downloaded the following programs gnotepad+-1.3 gpaint-2-0.2 linux-509 (This is Acrobat Reader 5.0 for linux) zinf-2.2.5.tar clamav-0.75.tar But, when I decided to install them I simply couldn't because something happened, I'm a real newbie so there are plenty Linux things I can't handle. When I unzip for instance gnotepad+-1.3 I see 2 archives, a Makefile.am and a Makefile.in, yesterday I read that the .in file was created with the .am file using automake, I checked and they were right, but , when I try the normal linux commands for installing I can't get any further than ERROR. Here is what I do make (here pops out a message "make *** no target found, please specify a target") Damn! not working, probably I should skip this step and go on. Then I try make install (here pops out another message "No instructions for install") So, after I check the files and find the following Install Install-sh Makefile.am Makefile.in I don't know what to do to install these kind of programs, could you please tell how do I install programs which have Makefile.am and Makefile.in files but not a unique Makefile file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Mandrake uses rpms and urpmi to handle the installation of software. Read all about in in the FAQs To answer your question. You will probably first have to give ./configure (don't forget the . , it belongs) befor you can give make. ./configure (to check all neccesary software needed for building the program is installed) (and creating files) make to build the program make install (as root) to install the program Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humano457 Posted September 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Well, I did as you told me to but it won't compile. It shows the same, "no objective for make, please specify a target" What can I do, has anybody installed this programs successfully?? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 (edited) http://www.icewalkers.com/download/gnotepad+/578/dls/ I downloaded gnotepad, untarred it, cd to the directory, ran ./configure and ran make. So it works. If it doesn't work for you maybe your sources are corrupted. Untar again and try it. ./configure make (as root)make install Good luck Edited September 3, 2004 by devries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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