Re: how do you start up DDD?

[David Clarke]

Thank you address@hidden  Wow, these comments are actually read by  
those who can make changes!!  Bravo!

So two things.

1.  I see you've changed "./configure; make" to "./configure &&  
make".  What is the difference between the single semi-colon and the  
double ampersand, and should I start all over again with the &&?

2.  This still doesn't address the problems I have once I do the make  
install, namely error messages of the type:

mytikas 10> ddd xedit21
Error: No `Ddd' application defaults file
To resolve this problem, you can:
* set the XAPPLRESDIR environment variable to the location of the file  
`Ddd', or
* set the DDD_HOME environment variable to the location of `ddd/Ddd', or
* install the `Ddd' file in the X application defaults directory, or
* recompile DDD with builtin app-defaults file;
 see the `--enable-builtin-app-defaults' option for details.
mytikas 11>

unless that's what the && is supposed to fix.

I have since done "sudo port install ddd" and this seems to have  
installed ddd beyond the point where the make install on the download  
from http://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/ could get me, and I find there  
are numerous numerous bugs in the ddd I get to open up.   I have since  
e-mailed those to address@hidden , which I imagine you must have got.   
Any suggestions to these would be greatly appreciated as well.  I am  
currently dead in the water for debugging (and thus any code  
development) on my mac.

Thanks!

Cheers, David.


On 16-Mar-09, at 3:05 PM, address@hidden wrote:

> David Clarke writes:
> > Thank you for your response.
> >
> > > In step 3 you said that did a "configure" and "make" but no "make
> > > install" after that.To install the compiled programs(ddd) you need
> > > to give the command "make install".
> > > This will install the ddd binary in you /usr/local/bin.
> >
> > Frustrating that the simple line
> >
> > make install
> >
> > wasn't included as a fourth line in the installation instructions on
> > the DDD web page.
>
> I've added this to http://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/#Building. Check it
> out and feel free to suggest changes so others aren't frustrated ;-)
>
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David A. Clarke                                                 address@hidden
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