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?

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 …

Mar 11, 2017 · When you install software with make install or sudo make install, different files are placed in different directories. Executables that provide commands the user is intended to run …

Feb 27, 2015 · I would like to know the exact background tasks that happen when you install an application from source. What happens when you run ./configure, make, and make install? I …

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 …

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May 14, 2015 · When I run the command ./configure in Ubuntu for installation of the siesta-3.2 software, bash complains with this: ./configure: Permission denied. How can I resolve this issue?

Aug 9, 2014 · It completely depends on the configure script. If the configure script was generated by autoconf, then the "correct" way to ensure that /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/include are used …

Sep 17, 2021 · Note that in most cases it would be unusual to specify that many paths as flags; instead, I would expect to find --with options to tell the configure script where to find various …

Feb 17, 2013 · To use a proxy, you need a proxy server. The IP and port have to be from this proxy server. Login and pwd must be your user and password on the proxy server (if the proxy …