Live Chat & Podcast at 1:00PM Eastern on Sunday!
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but they're the easiest to answer.
JoinTour
Login
Search
Linux and Unix
Tag Cloud
access acer asus bios bsod computer crash driver drivers error ethernet excel freeze gaming hard drive hardware hdmi internet laptop malware memory missing monitor motherboard network printer problem ram registry router security slow software sound svchost.exe toshiba trojan ubuntu 11.10 uninstall usb video virus vista wifi windows windows 7 windows 7 32 bit windows 7 64 bit windows xp wireless
Search
Search for:
Tech Support Guy Forums > Operating Systems > Linux and Unix >
Solved: Mandrake 10 software installation woes

Reply  
Thread Tools
Omega_Shadow's Avatar
Senior Member with 4,324 posts.
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Somewhere south of Hell
Experience: Bringing Linux to the Masses
13-Apr-2005, 01:52 PM #1
Solved: Mandrake 10 software installation woes
Yep, it's me agian. Now before you guys run for cover please lend an ear to my problem. I think it may go deeper then my experance with Linux.

I have tried to install the following programs:

kdemultimedia
XMMS-kde (version 3.0)
alsaplayer
glib-2.6.4
bmp-0.9.7
gstreamer-0.8.9

And many others that I have forgotten. I installed them how I thought I was supposed to :

<./configure>
<su>
<make>
<make install>

And none of them gave me errors exept for BMP. The problem is, although The other installs did not give me errors, they are not actualy installed. If they are, I cant find them. Any advice?
__________________
I'm not here. I am just more likely to be here then not be here. It's physics, I don't expect you to understand.
tsunam's Avatar
Senior Member with 1,246 posts.
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Experience: Linux~su
13-Apr-2005, 04:09 PM #2
the easiest way to find a program thats installed is to do a (in the console...yes I'm one of those evil people who make you use the console a lot. Learn it, love it, never leave it again )

whereis (program)

ex.

whereis beep-media-player

Output will look like

/usr/bin/beep-media-player /usr/lib/beep-media-player.so <---etc the first one is generally the binary that runs the application.
__________________
Gentoo Developer, and 64bit os user

"In feeding Mother Nature, you are fed in return" - Tsunam (2005). Concerning water conservation, and raising water tables.
Omega_Shadow's Avatar
Senior Member with 4,324 posts.
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Somewhere south of Hell
Experience: Bringing Linux to the Masses
13-Apr-2005, 04:31 PM #3
Believe it or not, having a major DOS background, I LOVE that console!! I am so glad you can use it for alot in Linux. Text commands beat GUI commands anyday

Alright. Trying that now. So <whereis> is the equivilent of the <find> command?
tsunam's Avatar
Senior Member with 1,246 posts.
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Experience: Linux~su
13-Apr-2005, 04:36 PM #4
well similar...what whereis actually does, is look in the common binary directories. /usr/bin /usr/sbin etc and see if the file you input is there. So not exactly find but similar..you also have find in linux but i don't seem to get as much use from it.

As always if you want more infomation about a program man and info will give you overload
__________________
Gentoo Developer, and 64bit os user

"In feeding Mother Nature, you are fed in return" - Tsunam (2005). Concerning water conservation, and raising water tables.
Omega_Shadow's Avatar
Senior Member with 4,324 posts.
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Somewhere south of Hell
Experience: Bringing Linux to the Masses
13-Apr-2005, 04:42 PM #5
ok, for this Library I need for BMP to install I cant seem to find it, yet it seems to install fine with no errors. I installed it just like the others (first post of this thread) but it does not seem to be taking. I am getting no errors in the console when I configure/make/make install. Anything I could be doing wrong?

The library is glib-2.6.4
__________________
I'm not here. I am just more likely to be here then not be here. It's physics, I don't expect you to understand.
tsunam's Avatar
Senior Member with 1,246 posts.
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Experience: Linux~su
13-Apr-2005, 04:46 PM #6
just for curiosity do the following.

etc-update && source /etc/profile

hopefully mandrake has it...it should update the libraries and ask you about updating any config files that changed due to the compiling of stuff you did. (generally safe to say no to them, but up to your discression)
__________________
Gentoo Developer, and 64bit os user

"In feeding Mother Nature, you are fed in return" - Tsunam (2005). Concerning water conservation, and raising water tables.
Omega_Shadow's Avatar
Senior Member with 4,324 posts.
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Somewhere south of Hell
Experience: Bringing Linux to the Masses
13-Apr-2005, 04:54 PM #7
[shadow@Omega shadow]$ etc-update && source /etc/profile
bash: etc-update: command not found
[shadow@Omega shadow]$ su
Password:
[root@Omega shadow]# etc-update && source /etc/profile
bash: etc-update: command not found
[root@Omega shadow]#
tsunam's Avatar
Senior Member with 1,246 posts.
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Experience: Linux~su
13-Apr-2005, 04:58 PM #8
meh course not, binary rpm distro...what i get for using a source distro. see if there's a /etc/profile before you just do the source /etc/profile
Omega_Shadow's Avatar
Senior Member with 4,324 posts.
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Somewhere south of Hell
Experience: Bringing Linux to the Masses
13-Apr-2005, 05:03 PM #9
uh, ya. it seems to be some sort of text file with a buch of (c++?) codes in it.

[root@Omega shadow]# source /etc/profile
bash: TMOUT: readonly variable
tsunam's Avatar
Senior Member with 1,246 posts.
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Experience: Linux~su
13-Apr-2005, 05:06 PM #10
hmm odd, that should update the library links...*will have to check to see whats happening* if there's another way to update library links in mandrake
Omega_Shadow's Avatar
Senior Member with 4,324 posts.
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Somewhere south of Hell
Experience: Bringing Linux to the Masses
13-Apr-2005, 05:12 PM #11
ok. So its not just me . Makes me feel better. Thought I was just doing something stupid

So am I installing these programs correctly though? <./configure><su><make><make install>? Or is there another step? Does this make a RPM or something I have to install or is it installed after <make install>?
__________________
I'm not here. I am just more likely to be here then not be here. It's physics, I don't expect you to understand.
tsunam's Avatar
Senior Member with 1,246 posts.
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Experience: Linux~su
13-Apr-2005, 05:16 PM #12
That was my next thought...I was wondering if the configure of glib needs

./configure --prefix=/usr

so that way it goes to usr... I'm just wondering if when you went to ./configure it decided to drop it somewhere else..
tsunam's Avatar
Senior Member with 1,246 posts.
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Experience: Linux~su
13-Apr-2005, 05:19 PM #13
where did you download the soruce to? check that area that you have the source in t see if there's something there or watch the output of the make make install and see where its putting the binaries etc.
Omega_Shadow's Avatar
Senior Member with 4,324 posts.
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Somewhere south of Hell
Experience: Bringing Linux to the Masses
13-Apr-2005, 05:20 PM #14
I downloaded the sorce right to my desktop and extracted it to my desktop. I know, a very windows thing to do but I wanted to keep track of everthing.

As for binaries. How do I tell if it's a binary? Linux has some strange file extentions to me.
__________________
I'm not here. I am just more likely to be here then not be here. It's physics, I don't expect you to understand.
tsunam's Avatar
Senior Member with 1,246 posts.
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Experience: Linux~su
13-Apr-2005, 05:29 PM #15
basically during the make or make install it'll say stuff like /usr/lib etc druing its process that's the part i'm looking for, where its putting all the files its built.
Reply

THIS THREAD HAS EXPIRED.
Are you having the same problem? We have volunteers ready to answer your question, but first you'll have to join for free. Need help getting started? Check out our Welcome Guide.

Search Tech Support Guy

Find the solution to your
computer problem!




Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
WELCOME TO TECH SUPPORT GUY! Are you looking for the solution to your computer problem? Join our site today to ask your question -- for free! Our site is run completely by volunteers who want to help you solve your computer problems. See our Welcome Guide to get started.
Thread Tools



Facebook Facebook Twitter Twitter TechGuy.tv TechGuy.tv Mobile TSG Mobile
You Are Using:
Server ID
Advertisements do not imply our endorsement of that product or service.
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:00 PM.
Copyright © 1996 - 2011 TechGuy, Inc. All rights reserved.

Powered by Cermak Technologies, Inc.