So, for knowing all possible parameters which can be passed to the configure script in the top source directory you should also have a look at the configure scripts in each possible subdirectory. For …

What does ./configure do? Why make then make install? How does it know where libs are? ( they are all there and loaded but it cant find them.) Why need libs if compiler is supposed to compile?

Mar 27, 2010 · A configure script builds the Makefile from a template, substituting in things like where you want to install the code and what definitions are needed for the (C, C++, Fortran, ...) compiler …

Mar 11, 2017 · When you run ./configure --prefix= directory, you are indicating that the software should be installed under the directory directory. But this rarely, if ever, places loose files in directory.

Feb 27, 2015 · 4 ./configure runs a script named "configure" in the current directory. make runs the program "make" in your path, and make install runs it again with the argument "install". Generally, the …

Every time you compile something from source, you go through the same 3 steps: $ ./configure $ make $ make install I understand, that it makes sense to divide the installing process into different...

Feb 28, 2011 · The script ./configure accepts 3 options --build, --host and --target. I'm confusing their roles. What's the difference and semantics of them?

Dec 21, 2014 · A configure script is just a unix shell script, so it might call all kinds of unix tools or use unix shell features. Only a very limited set of those tools work on Windows, or make sense on …

The 'configure' command is NOT a standard Linux/UNIX command. configure is a script that is generally provided with the source of most standardized type Linux packages and contains code that will …

Jul 21, 2014 · Run the command it tells you to sudo dpkg --configure -a and it should be able to correct itself. If it doesn't try running sudo apt-get install -f (to fix broken packages) and then try running sudo …