Questions tagged [make-install]
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Why always ./configure; make; make install; as 3 separate steps?
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 steps, but I don't get it, why each and every coder…

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How to install Qt on Windows after building?
I can't find any information on how to install Qt built on Windows.
In wiki article How to set up shadow builds on Mac and Linux there's description of -prefix option in configure script but this option is not available on Windows.
I know I can use…

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Adding a custom installation directory option to Autoconf-generated configure scripts
configure scripts always include something like the following in the help message:
...
By default, `make install' will install all the files in
`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc. You can specify
an installation prefix other than `/usr/local'…

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install node js error in "make" command: "recipe for target 'node' failed"
I'm trying to install node js on my linux. I installed all the prerequisites correctly.
and I run ./configure correctly.
the problem is in "make" command and "make install" command
make
make install
-
here is what I received in the terminal after…

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How do I write CMake install for a library?
Here is my try:
IF (NOT WIN32)
#INSTALL_TARGETS(${LIB_INSTALL_DIR} ${tinyscheme-nix_BINARY_DIR}/libtinyscheme.so)
#INSTALL(TARGETS ${tinyscheme-nix_BINARY_DIR}/libtinyscheme.so DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR})
ENDIF()
Both variants are wrong. I…

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How to invoke make install for one subdirectory of Qt project
I'm working on custom library and I wish users could just use it by adding:
CONFIG += mylib
to their pro files. This can be done by installing mylib.prf file to %QTDIR%/mkspec/features. I've checked out in Qt Mobility project how to create and…

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Use proxy with Makefile
To install ipfs I use these steps :
$ go get -d github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs
Then install go-ipfs and its dependencies, including gx and gx-go:
$ make install
taken from…

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Installing Poco on Mac
I am trying to install Poco on Mac. I downloaded the basic edition from here. As per the instructions, I did configure, then did make. It took a long time, but it succeeded (my make version is 3.81).
After this, when I did sudo make install, it…

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Make & Make Install Errors on Alfa awus036h Driver Install
I'm getting an error when trying to make && make install stock drivers for the Alfa awus036h wireless adapter.
Make:
me@me-myComputer-ubuntu:~/Downloads/rtl8187L_linux_1041.0209.2012$ make
make[1]: Entering directory…

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How to use cmake's 'make install' from a pbuilder env debian/rules script?
This is to compile and link a static library (so only a build time dependency) that the source is fetched from a repository (just like the source of the main program) on a ubuntu launchpad build bot.
currently i am doing:
#!/usr/bin/make -f
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How to install a specific version of NASM on MacOS
I got NASM for MacOS from
http://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.11.06/macosx/
How to do I install this specific version of NASM?
I know that I can do a brew install nasm. But I dont want the latest version. I want to install NASM 2.11.06 for…

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VTK install error cannot find libvtkCommonCore-6.3.so.1
I'm trying to install VTK but I'm getting the following error
CMake Error at Common/Core/cmake_install.cmake:47 (file):
file INSTALL cannot find
"/home/VTK-6.3.0/VTKBuild/lib/libvtkCommonCore-6.3.so.1".
Call Stack (most recent call first):
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How can I fix this error when making vim on Fedora 23
I am trying to build vim with the following options on my Fedora 23
I want +python +python3 +perl +lua +ruby +gui +conceal +gui for some plugins.
I could not find a version with all those built in (so I do it myself)
The journey started by…

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when I do a 'make install' it does not create Directory
This is my first attempt with autoconf, I changed and added some different code to a utility then I took the make.am and other files I needed, I modified them to work with what I wrote, into the same program. as it worked with that one, all I needed…

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Error when compiling and installing php7.4 under centos7_aarch64
/www/server/php/74/src/ext/standard/browscap.c -o ext/standard/browscap.lo
In file included from /www/server/php/74/src/Zend/zend.h:356:0,
from /www/server/php/74/src/main/php.h:33,
from…

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