Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 03:12:07 -0500 From: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net> To: molbloo@interport.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make install problems Message-ID: <19990117031207F.wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 17 Jan 1999 02:39:53 -0500 (EST)" <Pine.GSO.3.96.990117022633.15747A-100000@interport.net> References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990117022633.15747A-100000@interport.net>
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From: alissa bader <molbloo@interport.net> Subject: make install problems Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 02:39:53 -0500 (EST) > > hi all, I have been having more problems installing various ports. For > example, I attempted to install windowmaker, and this is how I went about > it: Good Choice! You'll really like WindowMaker. > > % su > # cd /usr/ports/ > # ftp ftp.cdrom.com (then I logged in as anonymous, etc etc) > # cd /pub/FreeBSD/ports-stable (something like that, but pretty sure that > was the directory I went to) > # get x11-wm.tar > # exit > # tar xvf x11-wm.tar > # cd x11-wm > # cd windowmaker > # make install clean That's not how it works... it's really a *lot* easier than this :-) A FreeBSD port handles fetching the tarball for you as well as the build and install. Each has its own makefile, apart from the one that belongs to the software being built. Just do this: cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/windowmaker && make install clean About the only thing that might trip you up is having an old version of the ports tree, in which case you might not have the directory I mentioned. In that case, try using /usr/ports/x11/windowmaker. You can update your ports tree using CVSup, but that's another topic to study in the handbook. Good Luck, Jerry Hicks wghicks@bellsouth.net > > (and then at this point something appears to start compiling, but then > I get a whole bunch of line goobleygook, the last few lines looking like) > > ./libtool --mode=compile cc -0 -I. -c ./jdapimin.c > cc -0 -I. -c -fPIC -DPIC ./jdapimin.c > mv -f jdapimin.o jdapimin.lo > cc -0 -I. -c ./jdapimin.c >/dev/null 2>&1 > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop. > > (and so on until I'm back at the # prompt). > > I have applied the 2.2.7 update package from the ports page. > > I am wondering what might be happening here? Perhaps I'm missing some > other ports or something, but last night when I was installing other > stuff, the ports seemed to be ftp'd automatically. > > Please help! Thanks! > > --Alissa > running 2.2.7 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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