Fwd: Re: [Linux4christians] NIV Bible for Linux

[Mike McMullin]

On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 05:33 +0800, R. Sheng-Chieh Cheng wrote:
> >    Thank you for the help, here is the result of ./configure and make:
> > Mike at P-733:~/DownLoads/E-Sword/gnomesword-2.1.7> ./configure
> > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> > checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> > checking for gawk... gawk
> > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
> > checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
> > checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
> > checking for GNOME... Mike at P-733:~/DownLoads/E-Sword/gnomesword-2.1.7>
> > make
> > make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
> > Mike at P-733:~/DownLoads/E-Sword/gnomesword-2.1.7>
> > 
> 
> I didn't see any error in ./configure (anybody else saw something?).
> Apparently it didn't like make because there is no makefile (or Makefile).
> 
> ./configure
> 
> should create all the compilation scripts based on your hardware and libraries.
> 
> make
> 
> uses makefile (or Makefile) to compile.
> 
> make install
> 
> place the executable into your $PATH.
> Bottom line: There has to be an error in the ./configure section
> because it didn't create the makefile.

  I haven't done much tooling about with compiling apps for use, I
normally go about getting the finished binary, or an RPM file.  I have
noticed that the normal end result of ./configure is a target makefile,
which this has failed to produce.

> Update: I tried to install gnomesword and got the same error!
> Another possibility, gnomesword people messed up?!?
> 
> What distro are your using?

  SuSE 10.0, like the originator of the thread.

> I was able to use apt-get because my Xandros distro is debian-based.
> [no installation error, but I can't find it - still looking.]
> 
> If DEB-based, try using
> 
> apt-get install gnomesword

  The DEB based distros that I have used have had no problem installing
gnome-sword, apt-get is a charm in that regard.

> If RPM based, try install one of the RPM and use the "rpm -i" command.
> 
> Anybody else installed gnomesword successfully?

  On occasion you can use Fedora\RH RPM's on SuSE, but they have grown
more apart that I didn't even try dl'ing and looking at the RPM file.

  Take Care,

  Mike