From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: suvayu ali Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: when building ./configure runs eternally Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:57:04 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1314039469 28301 80.91.229.12 (22 Aug 2011 18:57:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:57:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: =?KOI8-R?B?4czJ08Eg4sXay9LF09TB?= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 22 20:57:45 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QvZgv-0001r7-CL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:57:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51335 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QvZgv-0002wm-24 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:57:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:33123) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QvZgo-0002tq-3W for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:57:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QvZgi-0000I7-3V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:57:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:51611) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QvZgh-0000HL-Tp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:57:32 -0400 Original-Received: by bkbzt4 with SMTP id zt4so4585961bkb.0 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:57:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=i0wB5Ff/TKfZsugCyBOG6IXvA1ajRLSxppaXGax5YDA=; b=Y3q2PKn0ivNJMdutIHtLI16VldOPM7AFau9L2XxsGKM4MBxqcHktU4iKpuSZMYfyz1 yKqLx9duUIgoqcvX7P63fRUr5wwe7OSGU8wshNNDxMlrYNS55kx3Z672J2EQfqOzkJzc MgnBiVnUXmlKFeIFkDMvv4jL4vyvasZvTsg+0= Original-Received: by 10.204.154.200 with SMTP id p8mr1002754bkw.356.1314039445076; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:57:25 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.204.13.67 with HTTP; Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:57:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: relhoqZOfGIkpZFDUL1FNFhGXs0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.214.41 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:82011 Archived-At: 2011/8/22 =D0=90=D0=BB=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0 =D0=91=D0=B5=D0=B7=D0=BA=D1=80=D0= =B5=D1=81=D1=82=D0=B0 : > Hello > > I wanted to install emacs, so I ran ./configure. > After a while it told me it has found an error of the kind: You seem to b= e > running X, but no development libraries were found. You should bla bla bl= a. > If you are sure you want Emacs compiled without X window support, pass > --without-x to configure. > So next I ran ./configure --without-x and I waited. After waiting a lot I > started having the feeling of having a deja-vu experience. On the screen = I > was seeing things I had seen before. It seemed as if the machine was > checking the same things round and round again. So I left the machine alo= ne. > When I returned after some hours its state was the same: checking round a= nd > round. I stopped it. > > After this, when I ran make, it told me: no targets specified and no > makefile found > > What is happening? > You probably don't have all the development libraries installed. Getting this list right and complete can be a bit tricky. If you are on a redhat based system you can try # yum-builddep emacs to install them. > Best regards > > Alisa Bezkresta=EF=BB=BF GL --=20 Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.