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?
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The script ./configure accepts 3 options --build, --host and --target. I''m confusing their roles. What''s the difference and semantics of them?
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How to add libraries path to the ./configure command? Ask Question Asked 12 years, 2 months ago Modified 6 years, 8 months ago
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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
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Every time you compile something from source, you go through the same 3 steps: $ ./configure $ make $ make install I understand, that it makes sense to divide the installing process into different...
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When you run ./configure --prefix= directory, you are indicating that the software should be installed under the directory directory. But this rarely, if ever, places loose files in directory.
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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
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So, for knowing all possible parameters which can be passed to the configure script in the top source directory you should also have a look at the configure scripts in each possible subdirectory. For
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A configure script builds the Makefile from a template, substituting in things like where you want to install the code and what definitions are needed for the (C, C++, Fortran,) compiler
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