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?

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 …

Feb 27, 2015 · 4 ./configure runs a script named "configure" in the current directory. make runs the program "make" in your path, and make install runs it again with the argument "install". Generally, the …

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 …

I would like ./configure to link to a library and some include files. My library is stored in /home/foo/sw/lib/ and my files are stored in /home/foo/sw/include. ./configure --help throws out the

Jul 21, 2014 · Run the command it tells you to sudo dpkg --configure -a and it should be able to correct itself. If it doesn't try running sudo apt-get install -f (to fix broken packages) and then try running sudo …

Jun 18, 2025 · Since the comment provided by erihanse was not listed as an actual solution, and it did work for me, I am formally listing it here. sudo sh -c 'cd /bin && mv -f systemd-sysusers systemd …

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: …

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Sep 17, 2021 · Note that in most cases it would be unusual to specify that many paths as flags; instead, I would expect to find --with options to tell the configure script where to find various dependencies.