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A Configure script is an executable script designed to aid in developing a program to be run on a wide number of different computers.

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Why can't gcc find libevent when building tmux from source?

I want to install tmux on a machine where I don't have root access. I already compiled libevent and installed it in $HOME/.bin-libevent and now I want to compile tmux, but configure always ends with configure: error: "libevent not found", even…
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What is the correct syntax to add CFLAGS and LDFLAGS to "configure"?

I wish to install OpenVPN on OpenBSD 5.5 using OpenVPN source tarball. According to the instructions here, I have to install lzo and add CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib" directives to "configure", since gcc will not find…
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./configure: What is an insane build environment?

./configure always checks whether the build environment is sane... I can't help but wonder what exactly a insane build environment is. What errors can this check raise?
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Can not run configure command: "No such file or directory"

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: No such file or directory. What can be the problem? A…
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What are .in files?

Sometimes in the sources of projects I see "*.in" files. For example, a bunch of "Makefile.in"s. What are they for and/or what does the ".in" part mean? I assume that this has something to do with autoconf or make or something like those, but I'm…
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What does `{ { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }` mean?

I quoted the next code snippet from config.status generated by configure. if test ! -f "$as_myself"; then { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot find myself; rerun with an absolute path" >&5 echo "$as_me: error: cannot find myself; rerun with an…
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What is ac_nonexistent.h?

Examining a buildlog from a failed build, what does the following error mean, fatal error: ac_nonexistent.h: No such file or directory #include Here is some context. configure:6614: $? = 0 configure:6627: result: none…
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Package "fontconfig" not found despite having installed libfontconfig1-dev

Whilst attempting to compile poppler from source I get the error Package "fontconfig" not found. I have found a lot of other resources advertising that this can be fixed by installing both pkg-config and libfontconfig1-dev to get the libraries, but…
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Why does configure take variables as arguments?

Is VAR=value ./configure the same as ./configure VAR=value? In the first case, the shell sets the environment variable and in the second the configure script takes the string 'VAR=value' as an argument, and then presumably sets the variable. I…
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How to install R 3.3.1 in my own directory

This is a somewhat duplicate question (see How to set PATH for R installed in my directory ) but I did meet some new problem with new version of R. I was trying install a new version of R (R 3.3.1) in my own directory. I followed my previous…
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"--with-x=yes (default) and X11 headers/libs are not available"

I am trying to install R in our cluster (the cluster is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6), where I don't have root access. I tried: $wget http://cran.rstudio.com/src/base/R-3/R-3.1.1.tar.gz $ tar xvf R-3.1.1.tar.gz $ cd R-3.1.1 $ ./configure…
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C compiler cannot create executables exit 77

I am using a RedHat linux environment where I do not have root permissions (I am on a paid server account). Every time I try to run "./configure" on a new package that I am trying to set up and install, I run into an issue because of a problem with…
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Alsa - how can I tell my default audio output is card 2 and device 0, not hdmi?

How can I tell my system default sound output is card 2 and device 0, and not card 2 device 3 or 7 or 1? I did this, but no sound. $ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: Device [C-Media USB Audio Device], device 0: USB Audio…
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Where is program installed after ./configure

I'm installing a software using the following wget tar xzvf package.tar.gr ./configure package cd package make make install My problem is that the package is not installed in the working directory. Where is it installed by…
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Verbose output of ./configure not verbose at all

I have a problem installing OpenOCD: checking for ftd2xx.h... yes checking for library containing FT_GetLibraryVersion... no Said library is installed and tested. In hopes of seeing where is configure looking for the library, I passed the verbose…
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