JMR wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I work with 11.0 and gnome.
> It was installed from the live-cd.
>
> I try to install the latest version of gnome-commander.
> I downloaded the tar.gz program and unzipped it.
> ./configure works but when i launch 'make' it tells me 'no target
> specified and no makefile found'.
> I suppose some files have not been installed but do not know which ones.
> I followed the instructions downloaded; may be they are not up to date.
> And i am not either up to date as far as making an executable file is
> concerned !!
> Can you guide me ?
> Thank you.
>
> JMR
Is there a make file and is it executable?

On 2008-09-02, JMR wrote:
> Hello,

> I work with 11.0 and gnome.
> It was installed from the live-cd.

> I try to install the latest version of gnome-commander.
> I downloaded the tar.gz program and unzipped it.
> ./configure works but when i launch 'make' it tells me 'no target
> specified and no makefile found'.
> I suppose some files have not been installed but do not know which ones.
> I followed the instructions downloaded; may be they are not up to date.
> And i am not either up to date as far as making an executable file is
> concerned !!
> Can you guide me ?
> Thank you.

> JMR

Do you have CDPATH set in the shell? "Make" doesn't like that.

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JMR wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I work with 11.0 and gnome.
> It was installed from the live-cd.
>
> I try to install the latest version of gnome-commander.
> I downloaded the tar.gz program and unzipped it.
> ./configure works but when i launch 'make' it tells me 'no target
> specified and no makefile found'.
> I suppose some files have not been installed but do not know which ones.
> I followed the instructions downloaded; may be they are not up to date.
> And i am not either up to date as far as making an executable file is
> concerned !!
> Can you guide me ?
> Thank you.
>
> JMR
After you run './configure' please post the part after the mesasage:

"Ready to build GNOME Commander 1.2.7"


This will let us know if you have everything up to date.

Michael Soibelman wrote:

> JMR wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I work with 11.0 and gnome.
>> It was installed from the live-cd.
>>
>> I try to install the latest version of gnome-commander.
>> I downloaded the tar.gz program and unzipped it.
>> ./configure works but when i launch 'make' it tells me 'no target
>> specified and no makefile found'.
>> I suppose some files have not been installed but do not know which ones.
>> I followed the instructions downloaded; may be they are not up to date.
>> And i am not either up to date as far as making an executable file is
>> concerned !!
>> Can you guide me ?
>> Thank you.
>>
>> JMR
> After you run './configure' please post the part after the mesasage:
>
> "Ready to build GNOME Commander 1.2.7"
>
>
> This will let us know if you have everything up to date.

By the way I just compiled it from source on 10.3 and installed without
problems.. Great looking application.

Thanks.

Michael Soibelman wrote:
> By the way I just compiled it from source on 10.3 and installed without
> problems.. Great looking application.

I am still curious what the issues are with the version you get from
openSUSE which is version 1.2.5. Yes, I saw what was updated in 1.2.6
and 1.2.7. I am just curious for what of those reasons the person did an
update.

If none, just install it with YaST or use the one-click-install by
looking for it at http://software.opensuse.org/search

houghi
--
It's people. Source code is made out of people! They're making our
source out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle
for code. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!

Michael Soibelman a écrit :
> JMR wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I work with 11.0 and gnome.
>> It was installed from the live-cd.
>>
>> I try to install the latest version of gnome-commander.
>> I downloaded the tar.gz program and unzipped it.
>> ./configure works but when i launch 'make' it tells me 'no target
>> specified and no makefile found'.
>> I suppose some files have not been installed but do not know which ones.
>> I followed the instructions downloaded; may be they are not up to date.
>> And i am not either up to date as far as making an executable file is
>> concerned !!
>> Can you guide me ?
>> Thank you.
>>
>> JMR
> After you run './configure' please post the part after the mesasage:
>
> "Ready to build GNOME Commander 1.2.7"
>
>
> This will let us know if you have everything up to date.

Here are the messages :

linux-52an:/home/jmr/download/gnome-commander-1.2.7 # ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
configure: error: gnome-doc-utils >= 0.3.2 not found
linux-52an:/home/jmr/download/gnome-commander-1.2.7 # make
make: *** Pas de cibles spécifiées et aucun makefile n'a été trouvé. Arrêt.

Hope that helps...
Thank you.
JMR

houghi a écrit :
> Michael Soibelman wrote:
>> By the way I just compiled it from source on 10.3 and installed without
>> problems.. Great looking application.
>
> I am still curious what the issues are with the version you get from
> openSUSE which is version 1.2.5. Yes, I saw what was updated in 1.2.6
> and 1.2.7. I am just curious for what of those reasons the person did an
> update.
>
> If none, just install it with YaST or use the one-click-install by
> looking for it at http://software.opensuse.org/search
>
> houghi

Indeed i can work with 1.2.5. It is available in the suse soft.
But the last version 1.2.7 allows to work as root which is interesting
for me.

So compiling 1.2.7 would also teach me something i do not master any more.

JMR

JMR wrote:
> Indeed i can work with 1.2.5. It is available in the suse soft.
> But the last version 1.2.7 allows to work as root which is interesting
> for me.

I can understand that. Thanks for the feedback. That is indeed a feature
that makes it worthwile to upgrade.

> So compiling 1.2.7 would also teach me something i do not master any more.

That obviously as well. I myself have not that much experience in
compiling, other then typing `./configure && make && sudo checkinstall
-bla`

If that doesn't work, I have been able to often find the solution myself
by reading the errormessages, see that some file is missing and then
use `pin filename` to see what needs to be installed or look for it
online.

If all that fails, I most often give up.

houghi
--
It's people. Source code is made out of people! They're making our
source out of people. Next thing they'll be breeding us like cattle
for code. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!

JMR wrote:

> Michael Soibelman a écrit :
>> JMR wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I work with 11.0 and gnome.
>>> It was installed from the live-cd.
>>>
>>> I try to install the latest version of gnome-commander.
>>> I downloaded the tar.gz program and unzipped it.
>>> ./configure works but when i launch 'make' it tells me 'no target
>>> specified and no makefile found'.
>>> I suppose some files have not been installed but do not know which ones.
>>> I followed the instructions downloaded; may be they are not up to date.
>>> And i am not either up to date as far as making an executable file is
>>> concerned !!
>>> Can you guide me ?
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> JMR
>> After you run './configure' please post the part after the mesasage:
>>
>> "Ready to build GNOME Commander 1.2.7"
>>
>>
>> This will let us know if you have everything up to date.
>
> Here are the messages :
>
> linux-52an:/home/jmr/download/gnome-commander-1.2.7 # ./configure
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
> checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
> configure: error: gnome-doc-utils >= 0.3.2 not found
> linux-52an:/home/jmr/download/gnome-commander-1.2.7 # make
> make: *** Pas de cibles spécifiées et aucun makefile n'a été trouvé.
> Arrêt.
>
> Hope that helps...
> Thank you.
> JMR

You didn't pay attention...

I said post the part after the message

"Ready to build GNOME Commander 1.2.7"

which is toward the end of the configure script. But, oh well. It seems
you've run into one failed dependency at the beginning of the script.
Install gnome-doc-utils & gnome-doc-utils-devel. Repost your entire config
script output so we can see what else is missing !

You can stop reading beyond this point and post the output OR read more for
some rambling thoughts below. Just some points of enlightenment.

So the method to use is to run configure and read ALL the messages. Start
with the first missing item and install what provides that. It takes some
learning but after a while you'll learn which missing items really are
required and which can (sometimes) be omitted. Even though configure may
finish does not mean running make will work ! Make sure to carefully read
the output of configure and solve the missing dependencies first. Even
when you don't see something missing you still may run into trouble with
make. Then you have to look at the output of make and see where
the 'first' compiling error appears to see what caused that. Sometimes
it's an incompatible version of some dependency..

Compiling from source gets easier over time. Just a matter of ironing out
one issue after another until you get to the end...

P.S. As for Houghi's comment about using rpm's...
Just trying to help you learn. I am not planning on using Gnome
Commander. I just try to help a few people from time to time. It helps me
learn too. So, whilst helping others install a piece of software I usually
will install it myself first. That way I know exactly what issue(s) might
crop up. Often I'll install something, help someone install it on their
machine, and then uninstall it on mine. Though sometimes I find I like the
program and keep it... I always try to find an rpm package in the repo's
first, then go to rpm.pbone.net and look there and if those two places fail
to provide the package I'll compile from source. Sometimes it is the only
way to install a package but not very often at all.....

:-)

JMR a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I work with 11.0 and gnome.
> It was installed from the live-cd.
>
> I try to install the latest version of gnome-commander.
> I downloaded the tar.gz program and unzipped it.
> ./configure works but when i launch 'make' it tells me 'no target
> specified and no makefile found'.
> I suppose some files have not been installed but do not know which ones.
> I followed the instructions downloaded; may be they are not up to date.
> And i am not either up to date as far as making an executable file is
> concerned !!
> Can you guide me ?
> Thank you.
>
> JMR


I missed a lot of programs, it was what i suspected.
I made ./configure many times and each time installed the missing packages.
Finally i could compile and install gnome-commander.
I actually have the possibility to open it but if i want do it as root
i get the message in a window where i should type my password :

Cannot find gksu or kdesu.

Have you an idea to solve that?
I tried in a terminal but no success...

Thank you for the tips.

JMR