Difficulty Compiling

[i_like_peanut_butter]

I tried following the NHF for installing from source and ran into a spot of trouble. I am trying to set up Opera 5.0. I can follow the 1st two step pretty easy, however when i try to run ./configure it says that configure cannot be found. Yes, I have unarchived and untarred the package and i switch into the appropriate directory. Any idea on what I'm botching up?

Just for info I'm running Mandrake 8 on a Pentium 200 w/ 64 MB of ram (gee, why don't I want to run Netscape 4.7 that often?)

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks and enjoy some peanut butter.

[demian]

Sorry for the delayed response. You might have noticed that this forum was down over the weekend.

The reason ./configure doesn't work for Opera is that is doesn't exist. Opera is not distributed as source code. The tgz file contains binaries which need not be compiled. There should be some kind of install script or README file that explains how to install the software. Have a look in the directory created after unpacking the archive for files like INSTALL or README. They should contain detailed instructions.

[Strike]

That and you should be using the RPM, since you have a distribution that uses RPMs. ALWAYS use RPMs if you can, and you will have fewer troubles.

[i_like_peanut_butter]

You mean I can't configure something that isn't there? What a gip.

Sadly, the readme was about general use for Opera once you have it running. I typed install in the directory that was created when I untarred everything and nothing happened. I did this from a terminal window logged in as 'su'. By that I mean I was logged in as my user account, but I typed su when i started the terminal. Should I do this totally logged in as root?

Thanks for the help, it is greatly needed and appreciated.

[demian]

Originally posted by I typed install in the directory that was created when I untarred everything and nothing happened.[/QB]

You know what? You cannot execute a file that doesn't exist. :p

I just downloaded the tgz file from opera to have a look. When I untar'ed everything there was a file called runme.sh. Hmmmm what would happen if I type ./runme.sh I wonder...

This executes opera from the dir you downloaded it. If you want to install it (including the manpages and stuff) type install.sh -s. This installs files to /usr/bin, /usr/doc/opera and /usr/share/opera if you want to specify other location you can do so with certain flags (documented when you type ./install.sh)

BTW, I agree with Strike: You should get the rpm file when you use a rpm based distro.

[i_like_peanut_butter]

Rad!

thanks