[guile-lib] configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: ...

[guile-lib] configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: ...

[Bernardo Ezequiel Contreras]

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hi all,

it tried the following steps from the developers page (
http://www.nongnu.org/guile-lib/dev/):

git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guile-lib.git guile-lib
cd guile-lib
./autogen.sh --prefix=... && make

but i get this

vonbecmann@vonbecmann-System-Name:~/Downloads/guile-lib$ ./autogen.sh
--prefix=... && make
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Autoheader
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: ...


Thanks

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Re: [guile-lib] configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: ...

[Andy Wingo]

Hi Bernardo,

On Thu 26 May 2011 01:32, Bernardo Ezequiel Contreras <vonbecmann@gmail.com> writes:

> it tried the following steps from the developers page (http://www.nongnu.org/guile-lib/dev/):
>
> git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guile-lib.git guile-lib
>
> cd guile-lib
> ./autogen.sh --prefix=... && make

Here the "..." is intended to be replaced by the prefix that you have
Guile installed in.

For example,

  ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local && make

Happy hacking,

Andy
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http://wingolog.org/

Re: [guile-lib] configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: ...

[Bernardo Ezequiel Contreras]

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On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> wrote:

> Hi Bernardo,
>
> On Thu 26 May 2011 01:32, Bernardo Ezequiel Contreras <
> vonbecmann@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > it tried the following steps from the developers page (
> http://www.nongnu.org/guile-lib/dev/):
> >
> > git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guile-lib.git guile-lib
> >
> > cd guile-lib
> > ./autogen.sh --prefix=... && make
>
> Here the "..." is intended to be replaced by the prefix that you have
> Guile installed in.
>
> For example,
>
>  ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local && make
>
> Happy hacking,
>
> Andy
> --
> http://wingolog.org/
>

in my ubuntu 10.10 box  is

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr && make

thanks![?]

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Re: [guile-lib] configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: ...

[Andreas Rottmann]

Bernardo Ezequiel Contreras <vonbecmann@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bernardo,
>>
>> On Thu 26 May 2011 01:32, Bernardo Ezequiel Contreras <
>> vonbecmann@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > it tried the following steps from the developers page (
>> http://www.nongnu.org/guile-lib/dev/):
>> >
>> > git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guile-lib.git guile-lib
>> >
>> > cd guile-lib
>> > ./autogen.sh --prefix=... && make
>>
>> Here the "..." is intended to be replaced by the prefix that you have
>> Guile installed in.
>>
>> For example,
>>
>>  ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local && make
>>
>> Happy hacking,
>>
>> Andy
>> --
>> http://wingolog.org/
>>
>
> in my ubuntu 10.10 box  is
>
> ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr && make
>
> thanks![?]
>
This is potentially dangerous, and generally not a good idea: /usr is
reserved for the distribution's package manager, and the system
adminstrator (i.e. you) should not install software there; that's what
/usr/local (and /opt) is for.  See the FHS[0] (specifically, [1]) for
more information about filesystem layout on GNU/Linux systems.

[0] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html
[1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRLOCALLOCALHIERARCHY

Regards, Rotty
-- 
Andreas Rottmann -- <http://rotty.yi.org/>