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Old 08-25-2008
How to install Midnight Commander on Solaris 10
Hi, im very newb in Solaris. I have install So10. Now i just try install the first software Midnight Commander and fails. I just do as follow

- i go to Sunfreeware - Freeware Open Source Software for Sun Microsystem's Solaris and get into x86-so10 link ( i use VM ware ) download these packages mc-4.6.1-sol10-x86-local.gz libiconv, glib-1.2.10, slang, libgcc gcc and mc-4.6.1.tar.gz

- then i copy into my Solaris, extract all and use pkgadd command for mc-4.6.1-sol10-x86-local.gz libiconv, glib-1.2.10, slang, libgcc gcc. The commands are all success

- next i try './configure' in /mc-4.6.1 directory which just extracted from mc-4.6.1.tar.gz and it shows
Quote:
checking for a BSD-compatible install... config/install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... i386-pc-solaris2.10
checking host system type... i386-pc-solaris2.10
checking for style of include used by make... none
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... cc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C complier cannot create executables
- i read the INSTALL file but there no 'make' command for Solaris Smilie, i have find this error on Google but there's no result. I stuck, please help me. Thank you for reading.



Last edited by tien86; 08-25-2008 at 06:58 AM..
# 2  
Old 08-25-2008
Why are you running "./configure". This is for compiling from the source which is unnecessary given the fact you already installed the binaries.

Just set you PATH if not already done to have mc in it, with ksh or bash:
Code:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin

# 3  
Old 08-25-2008
oh i got it!!! thank you so much haha.

But i have something not clearly, I mean the general steps of a software installation process in Unix?

I see the mc-4.6.1.tar.gz is the source program. After compiling its release binary file. But is binary file similar with the packets ? At last can u explain me what the $PATH variable mean?
# 4  
Old 08-25-2008
A package can contain different kind of files. The ones you downloaded and installed contain the binary files indeed.

About the PATH variable, it contains a comma separated list of directories where programs are searched when you only give their names and not their full path from the command line.

You should really ask that kind of questions not in a Solaris specific forum but in that one:
UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers - The UNIX and Linux Forums
# 5  
Old 08-28-2008
Have you tried the site "blastwave"? It has lots of binary packages for download, without compiling.
# 6  
Old 08-28-2008
i just tried, anyways thank you for your supports Smilie
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