Mar 11, 2017 · When you install software with make install or sudo make install, different files are placed in different directories. Executables that provide commands the user is intended to run usually go in …

What does ./configure do? Why make then make install? How does it know where libs are? ( they are all there and loaded but it cant find them.) Why need libs if compiler is supposed to compile?

Feb 27, 2015 · I would like to know the exact background tasks that happen when you install an application from source. What happens when you run ./configure, make, and make install? I tried …

How to add libraries path to the ./configure command? Ask Question Asked 12 years, 4 months ago Modified 6 years, 10 months ago

The 'configure' command is NOT a standard Linux/UNIX command. configure is a script that is generally provided with the source of most standardized type Linux packages and contains code that will …

Feb 26, 2015 · I'm trying to install a Debian package from source (via git). I downloaded the package, changed to the package’s directory and ran ./configure command but it returned bash: ./configure: …

Jun 18, 2025 · When entering a command sudo dpkg -- configure -a this error occurs: ... I tried to reinstall the systemd (sudo apt-get install -y systemd), but the same error occurs.

Apr 25, 2024 · Configure two network cards persistently Ask Question Asked 1 year, 11 months ago Modified 1 year, 11 months ago

Aug 9, 2014 · If the configure script was generated by autoconf, then the "correct" way to ensure that /usr/local/lib and /usr/local/include are used in the build is to use CONFIG_SITE.

Jul 12, 2015 · how to fix configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables Ask Question Asked 10 years, 9 months ago Modified 4 years, 10 months ago