Need some Linux help

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Cone Poker
Member Since: Apr 07, 2002

Hey everyone. I am trying to install some audio software for linux, and I am having a bit of an issue. The file is a .tar.bz2 file, and what I did was first move it to /usr/local/share
I then went into that directory in the terminal and did tar xvjf softwarename.tar.bz2
everything unpacked into a new file in /usr/local/share/softwarename
In the terminal I then type ./configure and this is where I ran into problems. The walkthru told me to just hit ./configure at this point, and then make and then make install... but when I hit ./configure it says no file or destination or some such nonsense. I have scoured the folders for a configure file or something in there, and the closest i found was config.h and when i tried to run ./config.h it said I don't have permission, even though I'm logged in as route. I'm confused.

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Eat Spam before it eats YOU!!!
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Since: May 11, 2002


Oct 17, 2006 06:17 am

what software is it? :)

and paste the termanal output here. :)

I have noticed some programs getting really bad in their install documentation... one actually just said "Install in the usual way."

You probably need to run autogen or autoconf to generate a configure file...

Cone Poker
Member
Since: Apr 07, 2002


Oct 17, 2006 06:17 pm

the software is ardour, recording software for linux.

Terminal:
su
cd /usr/local/share
tar xvjf ardour-0.99.3.tar.bz2
**WHOLE LOTTA STUFF HERE. CAN'T COPY PASTE FROM TERMINAL**
./configure
bash ./configure no such file or directory

so that is where I'm stuck. I'm also a newbie to linux.

Cone Poker
Member
Since: Apr 07, 2002


Oct 17, 2006 06:21 pm

ok so I found a file in tools called config.guess

so this is what I did

cd /usr/local/share/ardour-0.99.3
./configure
bash ./configure no such file or directory
cd /usr/local/share/ardour-0.99.3/tools
./config.guess
i686-pc-linux-gnuoldld

Eat Spam before it eats YOU!!!
Member
Since: May 11, 2002


Oct 17, 2006 07:55 pm

a ha!!! you're not following the directions! :)

Ardour uses scons...
ardour.org/building

what distribution are you using? It may be easier to use a binary package rpm/deb/tgz

I also installed it from source, I just feel better that way...

If you have a problem with a file called libsndfile.so.1 when you try to start ardour you can probably copy it from /usr/local/lib/ to /usr/lib/ ... or do it the right way... whatever that is :)

I'm assuming you also already have JACK installed...

Cone Poker
Member
Since: Apr 07, 2002


Oct 17, 2006 09:03 pm

Distro=Fedora Core 5

and I was following directions... just not the right ones I guess. haha. And no, I don't have JACK installed. So I guess I gotta do that, and install scons? Pretty over my head here, haha.

Eat Spam before it eats YOU!!!
Member
Since: May 11, 2002


Oct 17, 2006 10:27 pm

it not too bad.

Red Hat/Fedora users are suggested to use CCRMA (karma)
ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/

These are precompiled applications used by Stanford University.
ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/installtwosix.html

huh... I don't know why that link isn't working right,...

DB!!!! I BROKE YOUR FORUM!!!! :)

Cone Poker
Member
Since: Apr 07, 2002


Oct 17, 2006 11:20 pm

that's it... We're gonna ahve to ban you now. haha.

I'm takin a break from it tonight, as I got some housework to do tonight. Had a bad flood this weekend. I'll put pics up later. 3 people drowned, had knee high water walking to a friends house. So there is some wet carpet and stuff in my house that needs to get tore up.

Prince CZAR-ming
Member
Since: Apr 08, 2004


Oct 18, 2006 08:36 am

here's a little tip that helped me out tons,

when trying to find a file, use the locate command:

#>locate configure

you may need to create the locate database (like an index of all your files, so you can 'locate' them quick):

#>locate -u

this creates a locate database from the root (whole filesystem, drives included)

if you get more than a page, can't scroll back, or whatever, you can use the 'more' command to list hits page at a time:

#>more | locate configure

small excerpt from output:

/var/www/manual/mod/mod_python/inst-configure.html
/usr/bin/foomatic-configure
/usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kmail/configure.docbook
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-devel-5.3/test/configure.in
/usr/share/doc/ncurses-devel-5.3/test/configure
/usr/share/doc/ethereal-0.9.8/doc/configure
/usr/share/info/configure.info-1.gz
/usr/share/info/configure.info-2.gz
/usr/share/info/configure.info-3.gz
/usr/share/info/configure.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/foomatic-configure.1.gz
/usr/share/man/mann/fconfigure.n.gz

I've

Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002


Oct 18, 2006 03:40 pm

Flood?????

Cone Poker
Member
Since: Apr 07, 2002


Oct 18, 2006 11:34 pm

yeah I'l post some pics later. It got bad. Three people drowned.

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