configure

Post here if you are a new Porteus member and you're looking for some help.
kerfy
Black ninja
Black ninja
Posts: 31
Joined: 25 Apr 2014, 19:32
Distribution: yours
Location: canada

configure

Post#1 by kerfy » 30 Apr 2014, 03:47

why does the system not recognize the configure command i enter ./configure and the system responds

guest@porteus:~$ configure
bash: configure: command not found
guest@porteus:~$

yet i used it yesterday no prob ???

kerfy
Black ninja
Black ninja
Posts: 31
Joined: 25 Apr 2014, 19:32
Distribution: yours
Location: canada

Re: configure

Post#2 by kerfy » 30 Apr 2014, 03:50

and this as well what am i not getting ??
guest@porteus:~$ ls
Desktop/ Downloads/ my-documents/
guest@porteus:~$ ls -ls
total 0
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 guest guest 80 Apr 28 18:45 Desktop/
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 guest guest 220 Apr 29 11:43 Downloads/
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 guest guest 60 Apr 29 15:49 my-documents/
guest@porteus:~$ cd downloads
bash: cd: downloads: No such file or directory
guest@porteus:~$ cd ./downloads
bash: cd: ./downloads: No such file or directory
guest@porteus:~$ ls
Desktop/ Downloads/ my-documents/
guest@porteus:~$ cd downloads
bash: cd: downloads: No such file or directory
guest@porteus:~$

User avatar
freestyler
Contributor
Contributor
Posts: 384
Joined: 17 Oct 2013, 14:21
Distribution: Porteus XFCE

Re: configure

Post#3 by freestyler » 30 Apr 2014, 04:33

To use ./configure there needs to be a configure file. What are you trying to build?

With the folders, they are case sensitve so use Documents instead of documents
https://www.porteus-apps.org

kerfy
Black ninja
Black ninja
Posts: 31
Joined: 25 Apr 2014, 19:32
Distribution: yours
Location: canada

Re: configure

Post#4 by kerfy » 30 Apr 2014, 14:48

BRASERO_3_11_3 i unpacked the BRASERO_3_11_3.tar.gz file and cd into the folder with the make file and stuff.
it werked a couple days ago ith othe files
is a pcg not activated or sumtin ??

User avatar
francois
Contributor
Contributor
Posts: 6434
Joined: 28 Dec 2010, 14:25
Distribution: xfce plank porteus nemesis
Location: Le printemps, le printemps, le printemps... ... l'hiver s'essoufle.

Re: configure

Post#5 by francois » 30 Apr 2014, 15:05

You need devel.xzm to build packages:
http://ponce.cc/porteus/x86_64/current/modules/
Prendre son temps, profiter de celui qui passe.

kerfy
Black ninja
Black ninja
Posts: 31
Joined: 25 Apr 2014, 19:32
Distribution: yours
Location: canada

Re: configure

Post#6 by kerfy » 30 Apr 2014, 15:10

thanks mr Canadzien you guys in this forum are really awsome . the help here is just johnny on the spot and helpful as heck.
I dloaded a couple linux books fer to read. its been 20 years since i played around with unix actually it was xenix back then i think ill get into it again ..

Post Reply