Re: Newbie link problem: Error 1
Thomas Dickey <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.tin.user |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 [email protected] wrote: > Thomas Dickey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > as a rule, when I'm looking at a package, I > > > > + first look to see if it has a configure script > > > > (if not, look for a "Makefile", and do a "make -n", though the > > last one of those I looked at was junk - "make -n" started doing > > the configure & compile ;-) > > What does '-n' do here? Trial output with no actual compilation? > Dependency check? the former. I use it all the time to check if a package will really install in the place that I told it to (some don't). > > + take a look at the head of that to see if it has been generated > > by autoconf. If so, do "./configure --help" to see what it > > might allow. (If it's not that simple - handcrafted configure > > scripts, have to _read_ the documentation first). > > reading != comprehending. practice helps (and most packages follow similar rules, so learning how to troubleshoot one helps with others). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net