still trying to install libPropList

[Kazem]

Ok, so I ran "./configure" to configure the libPropList library. Now I have to run the "make" command? How do I do that?

Then I have to do the "make install" command. How does that happen? I'm installing this so that I can install WindowMaker.

Thanks.

-Kazem

[Xsecrets]

well to run make you go into the directory where you ran ./configure and type "make" without the quotes then you type "make install" without the quotes.

[bdg1983]

Better you should read the Compiling Software (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/compiling/softinstall.html) NHF as it explains the process in a little more detail. Always read the README though whenever installing a new package.

[Kazem]

I typed "make" in the same directory. It did not work. It said that it did not understand the command.

Also, I have read the README files. I also read the install file. And it told me to type "make" in that directory, which is what I did.

-Kazem

[Marcel2008]

1. download file
2. tar zxvf file
3. cd file
4. ./configure
5. make
6. make install

that's it

[Kazem]

Ok. Apparently it hangs on an error while doing the ./configure command. BTW, thanks for all of the help you guys. Sorry for being so annoying. I'm so new to this.

It says:

"checking for flex... no
checking for lex... no
./configure: flex: command not found
checking for flex... lex
checking for yywrap in -ll... no
checking lex output file root... ./configure: lex: command not found
configure: error: cannot find output from lex; giving up"

So that's bad.

Those are the last few lines of a long list of lines. :-)

Thanks again.

-Kazem