make install just doesn't work

jsadural · 2010-09-06 04:24:33

I am new to archlinux and am trying to install packages from source. All the other functions work such as :

> ./configure
> make

and when I do a "sudo make install" I ALWAYS get this message:

> make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.

I am a fedora user and I know for a fact when I do a make install with the same packages on fedora, it installs all the proper files onto my system. Am I missing a configuration?

PLEASE HELP.

jason

tomk · 2010-09-06 05:48:59

Did you install the base-devel package group?

Please note that it is recommended that you install applications with pacman. Search the repos and the AUR to see if the applications you are trying to install have already been packaged. If they have not, creating an Arch package for them is straightforward - all the details are in the wiki.

namegame · 2010-09-06 06:05:35

Also, which package and/or packages are you trying to compile?

quarkup · 2010-09-06 12:11:03

the wiki tells it all...

moreover, you may learn first to create Makefiles (if you designed your own, of course)

jsadural · 2010-09-06 19:34:13

I did install the base-devel packages. For instance I was trying to install the STK package because the AUR package for STK is working now but was not previously. Also I was trying to install AntTweakBar and OSCpack but was unsuccessful with "make install". I know for a fact that these packages make install on fedora but not on my archlinux. Is there a configuration I don't know about? It would be fair to say in general that I would want to install and integrate packages on my system without having to go through the effort of creating a pacman package build.

skottish · 2010-09-06 19:44:07

The solution to this problem lies in the error messages that you're receiving during compiling. The 'no rule to make target' error generally exists because a build failed.

By the way, tomk's advice is solid and will save you endless amounts of hassles while you're with Arch.

jsadural · 2010-09-06 20:04:49

The build did work because I was able to execute the demos and what not. You guys are probably right about creating an arch package but I would still like to know the reasons why in general make install is not straightforward in arch, especially if I wanna rave to my friends about it.

falconindy · 2010-09-06 20:20:01

jsadural wrote:

The build did work because I was able to execute the demos and what not. You guys are probably right about creating an arch package but I would still like to know the reasons why in general make install is not straightforward in arch, especially if I wanna rave to my friends about it.

The only reason this might be distro dependent is because you're using the broken make package in testing. If that's the case, downgrade to core/make. Other than that, the only reasons the install target wouldn't be found are roughly:

1) The author didn't write an install target
2) In the case of autotools, a failed configure wouldn't generate the install target.

Feel free to provide us with something besides "it doesn't work" if you'd like some help troubleshooting.

Ashren · 2010-09-06 20:30:19

jsadurai: I googled it for you: http://supertuxkart.sourceforge.net/FAQ … r_messages.

jsadural · 2010-09-07 05:08:46

It was actually the Synthesis ToolKit from CCRMA. It is audio libraries for filters and effects. I guess it is time to go the pacman build package route.

jsadural · 2010-09-07 05:09:24

BTW, thanks fellow arch'ers for the quick response.

cesura · 2010-09-07 05:26:13

jsadural wrote:

It was actually the Synthesis ToolKit from CCRMA. It is audio libraries for filters and effects. I guess it is time to go the pacman build package route.

If you can't get it to build manually then it's not going to build with makepkg, if that is what you meant. Just a heads-up.

quarkup · 2010-09-07 19:17:56

maybe AUR has that package you need/want

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