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Ok, I've downloaded some files that end in .tar.gz I have no problem gzipping them/untarring them etc. I usually then, do a ./configure make make install and it installs. However, ...
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  1. 04-26-2003 #1
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    installing software (./configure etc....)

    Ok, I've downloaded some files that end in .tar.gz
    I have no problem gzipping them/untarring them etc.

    I usually then, do a
    ./configure
    make
    make install

    and it installs.

    However, with some of the stuff I've downloaded (snort 2.0). I can do the "./configure" fine. But when I go to do the "make" it gives me an error "no make install file exists". Something along those lines. What am I doing wrong?
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    Doesn't ./configure return failure at any test? It could, of course, be that the package is packaged incorrectly, but I really wouldn't bet on that.
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    try to read the INSTALL file, there might be something like "make linux" etc,,
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    no make linux. Most of my problems are due to errors after using ./configure


    General question. Isnt the "normal" order of instructions

    ./configure
    make
    make install
    ?????

    that seems to work for the *majority* of the packages I download.
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    yes that should work, but i use an more automated way:

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    ./configure && make && su -c "make install"
    its pretty easy:

    it the configure script fails, it wont proceed to make, but if its sucsessful, it will start the make, and the same goes for make install.
    and the su -c "make install" ask's you for your root password, and executes "make install" in the directory the sourcecode is in(the directory you are in, to be 100% correct)

    saves some times, when i forget im compiling, and it wont stop at the end of configure, but will compile everythig.

    but, a golden rule is to read the INSTALL/README file(s) when installing programs from source
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    Are you sure that ./configure finishes successfully? Doesn't it return any errors?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dolda2000
    Are you sure that ./configure finishes successfully? Doesn't it return any errors?
    godamn mandrake. You think if you do a full install it would include bison and flex. ok, actually it's my fault. I'm inherently lazy and wasnt reading the config errors.

    snorts installed now after installing bison and flex.
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