Problem with "make" :(

[hicnapie12]

I'm still pretty new with ubuntu and I was trying to install a monitoring software the following instructions:

This guide is made using code from sources (valid also using tarball with latest code, like 2.0). It was made using Ubuntu 8.04 server.

Official PandoraFMS website is:

Install your subversion client:

sudo apt-get install subversion

Checkout Pandora FMS repository

cd $HOME
svn co ://pandora.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/pandora/trunk

Resolve dependencies installing missing packages, if your Debian/Ubuntu system needs more packages, install using a similar command. Please refer documentation about prerequisites to know what packages you need).

sudo apt-get install libdate-manip-perl snmp snmpd libsnmp-perl libtime-format-perl \
libxml-simple-perl libnetaddr-ip-perl libdbi-perl libxml-simple-perl libnetaddr-ip-perl \
libsnmp-perl libhtml-parser-perl wmi-client xprobe2

If you have not installed developer tools, install with metapackage:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Run make

# make
cp lib/PandoraFMS/Tools.pm blib/lib/PandoraFMS/Tools.pm
cp lib/PandoraFMS/Config.pm blib/lib/PandoraFMS/Config.pm
cp lib/PandoraFMS/DB.pm blib/lib/PandoraFMS/DB.pm
cp bin/pandora_server.pl blib/script/pandora_server.pl
/usr/bin/perl “-MExtUtils::MY” -e “MY->fixin(shift)” blib/script/pandora_server.pl
cp bin/pandora_network.pl blib/script/pandora_network.pl
/usr/bin/perl “-MExtUtils::MY” -e “MY->fixin(shift)” blib/script/pandora_network.pl
cp bin/pandora_snmpconsole.pl blib/script/pandora_snmpconsole.pl
/usr/bin/perl “-MExtUtils::MY” -e “MY->fixin(shift)” blib/script/pandora_snmpconsole.pl
cp bin/pandora_recon.pl blib/script/pandora_recon.pl
/usr/bin/perl “-MExtUtils::MY” -e “MY->fixin(shift)” blib/script/pandora_recon.pl

# make install
Installing /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.7/PandoraFMS/Tools.pm
Installing /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.7/PandoraFMS/Config.pm
Installing /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.7/PandoraFMS/DB.pm
Writing /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.7/auto/PandoraFMS/.packlist
Appending installation info to /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.7/perllocal.pod

when i got to the part that says "Run make", i type make in the terminal and get teh following error: "make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop."

could someone help me by telling me what is the right command I have to type or if there's something else that needs installing before I can run make correctly.

Thanks in advance!

[MikeTbob]

I'm still pretty new with ubuntu and I was trying to install a monitoring software the following instructions:



when i got to the part that says "Run make", i type make in the terminal and get teh following error: "make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop."

could someone help me by telling me what is the right command I have to type or if there's something else that needs installing before I can run make correctly.

Thanks in advance!

Hello and Welcome
You need to make sure you are in the directory where the actual makefile is located.

cd /path/to/makefile
make
make install

or give the fully qualified path when you run make

make /path/to/makefile

[kmitnick]

are you in same directory as the extracted files?

i.e: if the file x.tar.gz is extracted on your desktop then it would be
/home/username/Desktop/x
then we need to be in that directory so use

cd /home/username/Desktop/x

then type

ls -l | grep -i configure

if there is a file called configure then before run you need to configure the installation so just type

./configure

then

make && sudo make install

[hicnapie12]

ohh ic...ill make sure to try this once i get back to the lab tomorrow and ill come back to tell u my results

Thanx!

[hicnapie12]

ok, so i went to the place where makefile is

cd /home/laboratorio/trunk/pandora_server

there's a file called "Makefile.PL" in that folder (I would post a screenshot, but I can't yet)

and then typed "make" and still got the same error message: "make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop."

then i typed "make Makefile.PL" and I got: "make: Nothing to be done for `Makefile.PL'"

is there something I'm still doing wrong?

[kmitnick]

Is there a file called " configure"?

[reed9]

Well, the guide you're following seems to have missed a step. You need to run

perl Makefile.PL

More info here.

[hicnapie12]

nope, theres no configure

here's a screenshot i43.tinypic.com/2vmy3bc.png

[kmitnick]

yup it sould does the job

[hicnapie12]

thanx a lot guys! it works!

if i run into more troublr i'll be sure to come here...i also asked in another forum and nobody was willing to help