Re: Compiling Afterstep on SunOS 5.5.1
Andrew Sullivan (asullivan@sprint.ca)
Thu, 27 May 1999 18:57:33 -0400 (EDT)
Hi,
You didn't read the whole section of the FAQ:
> The 1.6 series includes an install script that allows you to set the
> install directories to whatever you want. Even though the instructions
> say you should have root access, you can install AS under your home
> directory. The trick here is to specify only directories to which you
> have write permissions. Importantly, you must specify the full path on
> most systems.
Looking at it just now, I can see why you didn't see this: it's sort of
buried in an apparently unrelated paragraph. My fault. Sorry.
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On Thu, 27 May 1999, Sarwat Khan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I unpacked the Afterstep 1.6.10 distribution on SunOS 5.5.1 and ran
> configure. Configure seemed to run fine and found all the things it
> needed. The next instruction in the faq is 'make' (I'm not root). The
> problem is that there's no makefile. Huh?
>
> There's a Makefile.in. I tried copying that to Makefile, and make
> said it didn't know how to build the target 'all'. Rather than trying
> to make it work, I thought I'd ask.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sarwat.
>
> ............................................................
> Sarwat Khan Mississauga, Ontario
>
> sarwat@interlog.com http://www.interlog.com/~sarwat
>
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