Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-28 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 21:26 -0400, Shailesh Srivastava wrote: > I want to install using ./configure ,make, make install instead of yum > > I am trying to install gedit (tar.bz2) using following command > 1) tar xvjf package name (run successfully ) > 2)cd package (run successfully ) > 3) ./confi

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-28 Thread Steve Searle
Around 03:28am on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 (UK time), Reindl Harald scrawled: > sorry i can not resist, but i have never heard such a foolish statement > like "i want to break my package-managment" You haven't been exposed to many foolish statements then. For what its worth, there are a couple of

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-28 Thread suvayu ali
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Shailesh Srivastava wrote: > I want to install using  ./configure ,make, make install  instead of yum > This is madness! Since you insist, to get the build dependencies do: # yum-builddep gedit -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users m

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread JD
On 06/27/2011 08:57 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/27/2011 08:44 PM, JD wrote: >> Some packages do not want you to run make this way. >> They require that you create an empty build dir and cd into >> the build dir and then run >> {PATH-TO-GEDIT-SOURCE-DIR}/configure >> and then run make in the build d

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/27/2011 08:44 PM, JD wrote: > Some packages do not want you to run make this way. > They require that you create an empty build dir and cd into > the build dir and then run > {PATH-TO-GEDIT-SOURCE-DIR}/configure > and then run make in the build dir. Now there's a thought. Was there a README

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread JD
On 06/27/2011 08:10 PM, Genes MailLists wrote: > On 06/27/2011 09:26 PM, Shailesh Srivastava wrote: >> I want to install using ./configure ,make, make install instead of yum >Why? What is your goal? > >> I am trying to install gedit (tar.bz2) using following command >> 1) tar xvjf package n

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread JD
On 06/27/2011 07:42 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 06/27/2011 06:26 PM, JD wrote: >> Are you aware that on F15, build of gedit from source >> requires: > [snip] > > Isn't the configure script supposed to check to see if everything's > there? Wouldn't it stop with an error if something were missing? I a

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread Genes MailLists
On 06/27/2011 09:26 PM, Shailesh Srivastava wrote: > I want to install using ./configure ,make, make install instead of yum Why? What is your goal? > > I am trying to install gedit (tar.bz2) using following command > 1) tar xvjf package name (run successfully ) > 2)cd package (run successfu

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/27/2011 06:26 PM, JD wrote: > Are you aware that on F15, build of gedit from source > requires: [snip] Isn't the configure script supposed to check to see if everything's there? Wouldn't it stop with an error if something were missing? I ask because the OP said that when he ran ./config

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread Reindl Harald
so look at the build-dependencies of the SPEC-File from Fedora sorry i can not resist, but i have never heard such a foolish statement like "i want to break my package-managment" Am 28.06.2011 02:48, schrieb Shailesh Srivastava: > I want to install using ./configure ,make, make install instead

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/28/2011 09:26 AM, Shailesh Srivastava wrote: > I want to install using ./configure ,make, make install instead of yum > > I am trying to install gedit (tar.bz2) using following command > 1) tar xvjf package name (run successfully ) > 2)cd package (run successfully ) > 3) ./configure (run

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread JD
On 06/27/2011 05:48 PM, Shailesh Srivastava wrote: > I want to install using ./configure ,make, make install instead of yum > > On 6/27/11, edik landave wrote: >> gedit its a common package that you sure will find on the repositories: >> >> yum search gedit >> >> yum install gedit >> -- >> users

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread Shailesh Srivastava
I want to install using ./configure ,make, make install instead of yum I am trying to install gedit (tar.bz2) using following command 1) tar xvjf package name (run successfully ) 2)cd package (run successfully ) 3) ./configure (run successfully ) 4) make ( error : "" make: *** No targets spe

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/28/2011 08:48 AM, Shailesh Srivastava wrote: > I want to install using ./configure ,make, make install instead of yum > OK, it is certainly up to you. >From where did you download the tar file? That may help in getting you the answer you want. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedorapro

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread Shailesh Srivastava
I want to install using ./configure ,make, make install instead of yum On 6/27/11, edik landave wrote: > gedit its a common package that you sure will find on the repositories: > > yum search gedit > > yum install gedit > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread edik landave
gedit its a common package that you sure will find on the repositories: yum search gedit yum install gedit -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.or

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread suvayu ali
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > why in the world dou you not simply type "yum install gedit" > instead installing devel-tools and make your system dirty > with non packaged stuff? To add to what Reindl said, this should be the steps you should follow when installing appli

Re: problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread Reindl Harald
why in the world dou you not simply type "yum install gedit" instead installing devel-tools and make your system dirty with non packaged stuff? Am 27.06.2011 19:35, schrieb Shailesh Srivastava: > I am trying to install gedit (tar.bz2) using following command > 1) tar xvjf package name (run succes

problem in installation of software fedora 15

2011-06-27 Thread Shailesh Srivastava
I am trying to install gedit (tar.bz2) using following command 1) tar xvjf package name (run successfully ) 2)cd package (run successfully ) 3) ./configure (run successfully ) 4) make ( error : "" make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop."") plz help me -- users mailing