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I am a linux newbie trying to install Songbird on my box. I get stuck trying to compile the software.
Here is the output of my console:
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> ls
application.ini defaults lib README.txt songbird
chrome extensions LICENSE.html scripts TRADEMARK.txt
components jsmodules plugins searchplugins xulrunner
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> ./ configure
bash: ./: is a directory
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> ./config
bash: ./config: No such file or directory
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird>
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> configure
bash: configure: command not found
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird>
Any ideas? Seems that the command ./configure does nothing because ./ is a directory.
Here is the output of my console:
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> ls
application.ini defaults lib README.txt songbird
chrome extensions LICENSE.html scripts TRADEMARK.txt
components jsmodules plugins searchplugins xulrunner
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> ./ configure
bash: ./: is a directory
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> ./config
bash: ./config: No such file or directory
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird>
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> ./configure
bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird> configure
bash: configure: command not found
brian@linux-be8b:~/dls/Songbird>
Any ideas? Seems that the command ./configure does nothing because ./ is a directory.
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Inappropriate?What Linux platform do you have?
What Songbird version you're trying to install?
What are you compiling?
Are you trying to build on your own?
You don't have to use ./configure if you simply installing from tarball.
When you run the configure script, you'll see a bunch of weird messages scrolling on your screen. This is normal and you shouldn't worry about it. If configure finds an error, it complains about it and exits. However, if everything works like it should, configure doesn't complain about anything, exits, and shuts up.
If configure exited without errors, it's time to move on to the next step.
Try this:
brian@linux-be8b: ~/dls/Songbird$ ./configure
But, if you simply installing from tarball, just
tar xvzf Songbird.tar.gz
or to extract to .dls folder, which I gues you created by yourself:
~/dls$ tar xvzf Songbird.tar.gz
and run ./songbird in that directory.2 Comments
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Hi Boris,
Thanks for responding!
I am running openSUSE 11.0, and using the latest songbird from the nest. When I ran ./configure, I got the message that ./ is a directory, nothing else...?
I have just figured out how to run the executable file in the extracted tarball, so I can open Songbird. How can I get it to install on my desktop like the other apps?
Thanks again,
Brian -
Brian,
I think you're talking about just making a shortcut to the application on your desktop, right? If so, this should help:
http://forums.opensuse.org/applicatio... -
Inappropriate?The simpliest way to install on your desktop is to move your tarball to desktop and choose Extract here in a right-clcick menu when you clcick on tarball icon.It will create folder which has a launcher "songbird"/
Another way is to switch to Desktop in a command line and extract:
cd Desktop
tar xvzf Songbird.tar.gz
If you run this command in Desktop directory, it will ectract to Desktop. -
Inappropriate?The tarball that you download and unpackage is the actual application, not the source code. You don't have to compile it, therefore no configure step is needed.
If you really want to build Songbird check out the docs over on http://developer.songbirdnest.com
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Inappropriate?use "./configure" not" ./ configure". It should work
Thanks
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Thanks for the help. I have gotten this to work. Cheers,
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