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Questions tagged [configure]

Questions about configure scripts

A Configure script is an executable script used when installing programs from source. It will check for the presence of the necessary tools and libraries on the target computer and generate a Makefile which is then used to compile the source code.

Configure scripts are usually named configure and written for the bourne shell but they could in principle be written in any scripting language.

For questions related to configuration of Ubuntu software use the configuration tag.

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Cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in ac-aux

This is my first time trying to compile and install anything on a linux machine. I got the latest version of https://github.com/processone/exmpp via git and read the instructions which state: 2. Build and install Exmpp uses the Autotools.…
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What does --prefix do exactly when used in ./configure?

So I just had a simple question that's probably going to make me look dumb, but I'm learning When I do a ./configure --prefix/usr/bin/ What is the prefix doing ? Is this just installing the package into that location And can a reply give more of…
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Configure error: could not find the zlib library

I am trying to install lalsuite on ubuntu according to the instructions here: https://pycbc.org/pycbc/latest/html/install_lalsuite.html Everything went smoothly until I ran ./00boot ./configure --prefix=${VIRTUAL_ENV}/opt/lalsuite…
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How to write en and em dashes?

I understand that to be able to type en and em dashes I have to configure the COMPOSE key, or something like that, but I am not sure about that nor on how I get from there to be able to type en and em dashes in addition to the minus sign. How do I…
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Configure Microsoft Exchange email on Ubuntu

I want to configure Microsoft Exchange emails on Ubuntu the way I use it in Outlook on Windows XP. Please help me to find a good step by step article.
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How to fix "PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG: command not found" error?

I have Ubuntu 13.10 32 bit system. Recently when I try to to compile by running ./autogen.sh and ./configure I get PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG: command not found error. I have libtool installed. I have three aclocal files in usr/share/ like alocal,…
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Is `dpkg-reconfigure --all` still available in 16.04?

After upgrading to 16.04, I tried to use that command, but it seems that dpkg-reconfigure (or dpkg --reconfigure) doesn't understand the option --all. Is it still available? If not, is there an equivalent command?
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What to do with "recompile with -fPIC" message

I'm trying to configure the ffmpeg source package to build .so files rather than .a files. I run make after doing ./configure --enable-shared This gives me the following message: /usr/bin/ld: libavutil/display.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against…
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.conf files comment

I am quite new to Ubuntu and I think this might be a stupid question to ask. But I wanted to confirm if # meant comments in Ubuntu .conf files. For instance in the code below: #send dhcp-client-identifier 1:0:a0:24:ab:fb:9c; #send dhcp-lease-time…
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"libcurl not found" error message while trying to compile a package

I'm trying to compile a package and right at the ./configure step, I get : checking for LIBCURL... configure: error: Package requirements (libcurl >= 7.15.4) were not met: No package 'libcurl' found Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH…
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Building ATLAS (and later Octave w/ ATLAS)

I'm trying to set up ATLAS (so I can later compile octave with ATLAS support). If I'm correct, I still need to build this manually due to the environment specific optimizations. I do see a package for ATLAS, but it looks like it's using the cross…
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How do I install the latest version of nmap from source on Ubuntu?

I am running Ubuntu 16.04, and I am trying to install the latest nmap. I have a C compiler installed. I ran openssl version and found that this version was installed: OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar 2016 I downloaded nmap 7.31 as a .bz2 file. I…
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Can't make Clockwordmod Tether on Ubuntu 16.10

I'm trying to install Clockwordmod Tether on my Ubuntu 16.10 laptop in order to facilitate USB tethering with the corresponding app on Google Play. I've downloaded and extracted the Tether tar file. The instructions for installation are very simple.…
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tesseract-ocr `./configure` triggering Error "leptonica not found"

I was trying to install tesseract-ocr using these commands: auto-apt run ./configure make checkinstall Auto-apt and apt-file are installed on my Ubuntu 14.04 and up to date. However, during the ./configure process I'm encountering the following…
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Right package for JSON-GLib development headers

During configuration of one project, I got the error: checking for JSON... no no configure: error: You must have JSON-GLib >= 0.14.0 development headers installed to build. make: *** [config.status] Error 1 The configure script contains such…
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