bxsci(macuser) Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 hi, as you can see already - i'm a f**king n00b can somebody please show me how to compile source using gcc or the terminal or whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiendskull9 Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 well if its a native mac app, then there should just be an xcode project that you launch into the nice gui, and choose your build settings, and build... but if it uses makefiles, here it is $: ./configure $: make #: make install -clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Generally, you specify command parameters along with the ./configure command. What package are you trying to compile? For some reason, software doesn't like to compile on my computer, so I find workarounds for it, such as using MacPorts. But it really depends on what you're trying to make in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxsci(macuser) Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 (edited) well lets say i had a .tar.gz file or some Unix file like that how would i go about compiling it - even if it wassnt a mac antive app - wold i just go through iterm in xtools.... and to the ./configure thing Edited March 7, 2007 by bxsci(macuser) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Yes, but you might get an error for unmet dependencies, Fink might help you if it is in their repo, since it will install all dependences. But go ahead and try it. ./configure after unpack make sudo make install Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxsci(macuser) Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 thnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbic Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Yeah. As I suggested in my earlier post, there are a few command-line utilities which can make built-from-source software installation easier. Both MacPorts and Fink will download all dependencies for you, compile and install them, then download the actual software package and compile/install it. MacPorts will even symlink things so you can access the software in Terminal without editing $PATH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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