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Hi all, I am little confused about a particular project that I would like to build. It is a NPAPI example code for a plugin that I am developing for ...
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  1. 06-07-2007 #1
    excelot
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    Building Applications with only Makefile.in

    Hi all,

    I am little confused about a particular project that I would like to build. It is a NPAPI example code for a plugin that I am developing for firefox. The build directory only has Makefile.in. What I do not understand is how I am supposed to build with only a Makefile.in. I thought a configure.ac and Makefile.in were necessary to run autoconf to generate the configure script right before the make.

    Can anyone shed some light on this matter? How else should I approach this, I have only just recently understood the autoconf and automake tools as part of the GNU Build system. Thanks.
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    You have to run configure first to create the real makefile. cd to the project directory and enter "./configure" into your terminal. You have to do this for most Linux sources. If "./configure" works with no errors, then run "make".
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