nickbg Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Hi all, Please help a total newbie ....... arghhhhh I am trying to install YUM using the following commands at the command line - but when I get to the ./configure command I get the following . "./configure: No such file or directory" These were the commands I was following.... As root, cd ~ mkdir setups cd setups wget http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/d...m-2.0.7.tar.gz tar -xvzf yum-2.0.7.tar.gz cd yum-2.0.7 ./configure make make install Hope someone can help me Cheers Nick [moved from Software by spinynorman - welcome aboard :)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 First thing: It's never a good idea to compile software as root, only the make install command should be executed as the root user. Second thing: There's no configure script. Just run make as a normal user then switch to root and do make install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonEberger Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Hi Nick, First off, welcome aboard. This place has proven very useful and friendly for me. Second, why YUM? What distro are you using? When you installed, did a package manager not get installed? Good luck! Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbg Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Hi Jon, I don't know why YUM.... I wanted to install pidgin and that was one thing that would help me do it - but i just having problems all over the place - problem is i have never used linux (it would seem that I am thick lol ) I am using mandriva 2007 but just can't understand how to install anything !!! so any idots guide that will help me is much appreciated Cheers Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver_Fluffi Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 It's in backports AFAIK, methinks you need to be doing this: urpmi --media backports pidgin could be wrong though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbg Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Thanks Craig - will give it a try Cheers Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbg Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 hmmm that did not seem to do anything - -says urpmi command not found do i need to be doing this as root ? Cheers ick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbg Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 ok - i found where it is but when i used easy urpmi to add the media i get errors.... ....retrieving failed: wget failed: exited with 1 unable to access hdlist file of "main_backports", medium ignored unable to update medium "main_backports" removing medium "main_backports" Any ideas guys (thanks for your help so far on this) Cheers Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonEberger Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 Have you done the setup described through the Easy-Urpmi link in the upper right-hand corner of any page on this board? It may just keeps things up to date. I'd also just try urpmi pidgin just to see if it is anywhere else, although so far I've seen that reiver is really knowledgeable. jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbg Posted July 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 I have tried typing in the text that it says in a terminal window but get the same messages as detailed above for all, ie main, main update, etc Has anyone got any ideas on what i am doing wrong ? Cheers Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted July 26, 2007 Report Share Posted July 26, 2007 I am using mandriva 2007 but just can't understand how to install anything !!! Perhaps you should start with reading these: Software installation Installing and removing software Making more applications available :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted July 27, 2007 Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 I almost totally agree with Greg2 -minus one word: Perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickbg Posted July 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2007 Thanks for all your help guys - I am now up and running - really do appreciate all your efforts - nice to know there are some very knowledgable people out there willing to help Thanks again - I am sure I will back back real soon with something else lol Cheers Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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