Re: gEDA-user: Fwd: Dumb newby installation problem

[Terry Porter <techman@d2.net.au>]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 17:50:13 +0200
Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@planet.nl> wrote:

> 
> >
> >I've been trying to install gEDA/gaf under Mandrake Linux 9.0 for some 
> >time now. I've downloaded the source files by anonymous CVS, and installed 
> >them in /usr/local/src/gEDA,  and edited line 13 of the Makefile to
> >
> >DIR_PREFIX=/usr/local/src/gEDA/geda/devel
> >
> >After downloading and installing gtk and glib, "make xinstall" seemed to 
> >work, once. Following it with "make install" didn't work.
> >
> >I then down-loaded all the .tar.gz files (geda, geda-gschem, 
> >geda-gsymcheck, guile etc) into /usr/local/src/gEDA/geda/devel after which 
> >running "make xinstall" seemed to work fine.
> >
> >Trying to run "make install" as the next stage of the process produced the 
> >following sequence.
> >
> >(cd libgeda: ./configure ---prefix=/root/geda)
> >loading cache ./configure cache
> >.configure: line 534: syntax error near unexpected token 'noweb/s_basic.nw'
> >.configure: line 534: 'AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(noweb/s_basic.nw)
> >make: *** [libgeda/config.h]
> >
> >I went off and found noweb, downloaded it - as .rpm files - with icon2, 
> >and installed both. Didn't make any difference.
> >
> >/usr/local/src/gEDA/geda/devel/libgeda/noweb/s_basic.nw
> >
> >exists, but trying to run noweb/s_basic.nw in the 
> >/usr/local/src/gEDA/geda/devel/libgeda/noweb directory doesn't work, 
> >despite the advice you find if you look inside  's_basic.nw' with vi.
> >
> >I think I've got as far as I'm going to get with my limited grasp of Linux 
> >- any advice gratefully received.
> >
> >--------
> >Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
> 
> 
> 
> 

I have some handy instructions on my web page for installing Geda, they may be of help.

http://milkstone.d2.net.au/software/geda.html

-- 
Kind Regards
Terry
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