Re: what is ginstall?
>
> I have had this experience with two machines running Debian. While compiling
> some apps, during 'make install', I get an error about not
> finding "ginstall". I solved this by making a symlink:
>
> ln -s install ginstall
>
> Has anyone else had this problem?
I take it this is not a debianized source? Often if GNU utilities are
installed on non-GNU unices, they get a `g' prepended to their name, so
on an SGI machine, you may find gmake (GNU make) together with make
(IRIX make), and gtar (GNU tar) together with tar (IRIX tar). I suppose
the app you were trying to compile has been developed on a platform that
both had a native install and a GNU install. I personally would edit
the makefile instead of adding links on my system, but that probably is
a matter of taste.
HTH,
Eric
--
E.L. Meijer (tgakem@chem.tue.nl)
Eindhoven Univ. of Technology
Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (SKA)
Reply to: