Need help compiling emacs from source

[bonesTdog]

I am trying to learn how to compile from source and having some trouble figuring it out. Hopefully one of you can help steer me in the right direction. Here is what I have done on my Ubuntu 32 bit 11.04 minimal installationownloaded emacs-23.4.tar.gz to ~/home/tod/Compile/ - then from that directory ran the following commands:tar -zxvf emacs-23.4.tar.gz./configuresudo make - last line was make: *** [src] Error 2sudo make install - same last line as aboveAfter everything was finished I could not find where it may have installed.whereis emacs returns just "emacs:"Any help?

[elija]

I am trying to learn how to compile from source and having some trouble figuring it out. Hopefully one of you can help steer me in the right direction. Here is what I have done on my Ubuntu 32 bit 11.04 minimal installationownloaded emacs-23.4.tar.gz to ~/home/tod/Compile/ - then from that directory ran the following commands:tar -zxvf emacs-23.4.tar.gz./configuresudo make - last line was make: *** [src] Error 2sudo make install - same last line as aboveAfter everything was finished I could not find where it may have installed.whereis emacs returns just "emacs:"Any help?

make: *** [src] Error 2

The error 2 indicates the make script failed. Did the ./configure step complete with no errors?

[bonesTdog]

I ran ./configure again to confirm and I don't see any errors. Everything flies by the screen pretty quickly but I didn't see anything concerning and the final page of the process all looks to be in order. All the questions : does Emacs use -**** all end in no. All the config.status: creating xxxx/makefile all appear to have completed successfully. The final line is creating src/Makefile.

[jayd512]

To compile software, I've found it necessary to have kernel headers and other requirements installed.
I think that to do this in Ubuntu, you need to do:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

[bonesTdog]

Gave that a shot but didn't help. Here is a bit more info on the error code:
make[1]: Entering directory /home/tod/Compile/emacs-23.4/lib-src
make[1]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/lib/crt1.0', needed by 'temacs'. Stop.
make[1]: leaving directory
make: *** [src] Error 2

Maybe that helps more?

[jayd512]

hoping not to make things worse, I did come across something that looked familiar:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

[bonesTdog]

Ran all those above but everything was already up to date, so no change.

[bonesTdog]

Well, with a little more research I see a variety of the same error report online as well as some bug reports but haven't been able to figure out the fix. Maybe I will try compiling something different...

Any suggestions on other programs to install to practice compiling from source? Vi and nano are already installed.

[elija]

It looks like you need to apply a patch see here

[bonesTdog]

I saw the patch yesterday, but I have no idea what to do with it or how to apply it. Any direction would be greatly appreciated.

I don't know if this was the right strategy or not, but I simply deleted all of the files that were created when I extracted the tarball, so I will need to start from scratch. (no big deal) I tried the same process with an older version of emacs and had the same results. I have no idea if the multiple failed "make and make installs" installed files elsewhere that I should be concerned about. Feeling like I am in a bit over my head...