Re[2]: when building ./configure runs eternally

[Алиса Безкреста]

Hello

I ran apt-get build-dep emacs23 and it finished without errors.
I believe I have now all the necessary libraries.

Then I ran again ./configure, which I had to stop manually after some hours, since it was checkig the same things over and over again.

This time, however, I found the following files on the source directory:

BUGS
ChangeLog
conf0t8UU4
conf2nW3tx
conf2TUADF
conf4eDUyz
conf55kCfy
conf6aWsGa
conf77ybRv
conf9cvIw5
conf9ZrvVL
confaF8UVr
confb2vP2q
confbSIaxf
confct5ST4
confd4q8h8
confdefs.h
confDSOWiB
confDyVycT
confE0p7L8
confeEXGbn
confEWYCCM
confFbGcaX
conffF1T70
conffKlYW4
confG5Srbl
confg96l0F
confGjZUoI
confh9oNug
confHSvkIw
confiangPJ
confIG1W0Q
config.bat
config.guess
config.log
config.status
config.sub
configure
configure.in
confIHb166
confimSqR5
confIUuEdH
conflia6z5
confLWztkt
confLZ2X2T
confM0vFLr
confMdmNLn
confmirRBd
confmyxrkb
confO371X0
confohMxMu
confOjZBVU
confOVuWhH
confPWyIz6
confpyVULZ
confq93dmm
confQfsHuB
confRwmhVc
confS7m7rK
confSUOqcl
conft5eNxo
confTDH8ai
conftest.c
confTgLUip
confTxjcW5
confuo2ySs
confWbNvqm
confWO1cJQ
confWzfwLE
confWZxRMo
confXhhdwt
confyNBjEa
confyrlLU8
confysRNcn
confzn3M9V
confZQSBvK
COPYING
doc
etc
info
INSTALL
install-sh
leim
lib-src
lisp
lwlib
m4
make-dist
Makefile
Makefile.in
mkinstalldirs
move-if-change
msdos
nextstep
nt
oldXMenu
README
site-lisp
src
update-subdirs
vpath.sed

Since a Makefile seemed to be there this time, I ran make and again I had the same checkings being run over and over again on the screen

Should I add that ps gives me back 153 stopped jobs, almost all named make and config.status

Best regards

Alisa Bezkresta



22 августа 2011, 22:57 от suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>:

2011/8/22 Алиса Безкреста <alisa.bezkresta@mail.ru>:

> 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 be
> running X, but no development libraries were found. You should bla bla bla.
> 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 alone.
> When I returned after some hours its state was the same: checking round and
> 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

GL

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