make & cdrecord

[stretchjn]

I am attempting to install cdrecord on a Debian system (IBM ps/2 77). When I do 'make' it loops endlessly. The readme file with cdrecord talks about gmake and smake. I can't seem to get either of those installed and working to use to install cdrecord. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Stretch

[sild]

Dont need none of that 'make' poop on a http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/cool.gif Debian http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/cool.gif system http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/wink.gif


Just do (as root):


apt-get install cdrecord


(you may need to do apt-get update first though)

edit - smileys messed up a bit :|


[This message has been edited by sild (edited 23 January 2001).]

[ColdPack]

And just for grins 'n giggles...
If what you have is a tarball (.tar.gz or .tgz or whatever) you can do something else.
apt-get install alien
alien cdrecord-1.2-blah.tar.gz
dpkg -i cdrecord-1.2-blah_i386.deb

I like doing that sometimes because it's fun to see when it works. Alien is a cool tool!



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[klamath]

FYI, the default 'make' distributed with Linux systems is gmake (i.e. GNU Make), so you shouldn't have any problems.

Perhaps get the latest revision of `make` from Debian unstable/testing -- or just use the DPKG as others have said.

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[stretchjn]

dpkg -i worked like a charm, thanks a bunch everyone. I'm going to forward your suggestions to another person who posted the same problem back in November and never was lucky enough to get a solution. Thanks again

Stretch