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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 :)]

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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