[dundee] woes from linux [learning curve] mountain

[Digit (SG)]

replies in green  __  __

2008/4/28 Robert McWilliam <rmcw at allmail.net>:

> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:21:38PM +0100, Digit (SG) wrote:
> > i want to install a tiling window manager.
>
> Good. They are fun.

__ :D i was already sold on the idea before i considered they could be fun
(im having fun already n i've yet to use one!)  and then i read this
article: http://pa-2.blogspot.com/2007/10/changing-perspectives.html which
made me realise, my perspective was already moving into alignment with
this.  i went from sabayon full (an 11gig install) to SliTaz (a 25 mb
installable live cd) which lead me to dream of my own stripped-to-my-needs
"distro".  __

>
>
> > it says to me:
> >
> > "bash: ./configure: No such file or directory"
> >
> > i went back and re-read the readme,
> > ... nothing jumps out as to the solution,
> >
> > and i'm left with the very strong impression that there's some secret
> geek
> > lingo meaning that i'm not yet privy to.
> >
> > does the "dot slash" ( ./ ) refer to something else needed there?
>
> The dot slash is a way of telling the shell to look in the current
> directory for the executable rather than the directories listed in the
> PATH environment variable. What you are trying to do with ./configure
> is run the configure script that came with the source you want to
> install. From the response you were getting I suspect you weren't in
> the right directory when you issued the command. The ./configure
> should be issued from the root of the source tree, you should see a
> file there called configure. Alternatively you can replace the ./ with
> a path to the configure script that doesn't depend on the current
> working directory (e.g. ~/dwm_directory/configure)
>
__ thnx.  that confirms my vague suspicions of what's going on just out of
reach of what i will confidently attempt. __

>
> > or have i been putting things in the "wrong" directory?
> > (makes me wanna try gobo linux with it's unique and inspired
> restructuing
> > for the filing system hierarchy structure)
>
> Doesn't matter where you put things for building them, the 'make
> install' step of the build process puts them into the folders they
> need to be in (but you can usually make changes to what those are at
> the ./configure stage).
> __ ta' again.  (ditto my last responce) __
> > "Arch *Linux Forums* / Xmonad: A brilliant window
> > manager<http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=35865>In
> > many *wm*, it isn't the default behavior, but you can *configure* it.
> > *...*After
> > *installing* the packages from *source* it just worked. *...*"
>
> xmonad is the WM I'm currently using so I'd certainly recommend it. It
> is going to be a bit more of a problem to install than some of the
> others though as it is written in Haskell, and the haskell development
> tools needed to build it are not normally installed so you'll likely
> have to set them up first. Was it trying to install them that you have
> to run ./configure for the xmonad install, because that isn't actually
> part of the install process for xmonad itself?
> __ yup, i'm starting to suspect i've just tried the standard protocol on
> three applications which use something other than ./configure.  my
> familiarity of  what it tells me in the readmes is increasing.  who knows,
> next time i install something i might even understand it and do as it says!
> lol.
>
I've got Haskell (and lua and some other necessary files for other window
> managers) added to my file of window managers for transfering over, along
> with another dozen or so more window managers!  i had no idea there were
> soooooo many.
>
 anyways, off i go with a renewed enthusiasm for the project.  __
> > n i know it's gonna make me look foolish for not knowing what's going to
> be
> > ridiculously simple to someone else.
>
> Not knowing how something works doesn't make you look foolish. You're
> miles ahead of those who don't even want to know.  __ ah, thnx.   that
> reminds me of the situation.  not knowing and not doing anything about not
> knowing (ignorance), is the foolish path.   i'm walking up the mountain. __
>
>      Robert
> _Thanks again.  no doubt i'll be back with an update.   - Digit._
> ________________________________________________________
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>
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> enough people to make it worth the effort.
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