🚀 go-pugleaf

In aus.computers.linux on Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:52:30 GMT
Loose Nut <Imnot@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>Excuse me? The make executable is installed in every distribution of Linux
>>I've ever installed - including RedHat, Debian, Slackware, SuSE and
>>others.
>
>Notice the question mark at the end of my sentence. It means I am
>asking if this is true. I didn't make the statement, I am just
>surprised make would not be installed. Punctuation makes the point!

Make in RH 5.1 is in an RPM called make-3.76.1-3

As it is not in the base kit, but in the development/building kit,
it will only be installed if you installed development/building.

So no.  It's *not* automatically installed, you ahve to know you want to
do development/building.  

>No I don't, the original poster was referring to "making" a kernel!!!
>I know that "make"s location should be in my path so that it can be
>run from any directory. BUT, "making" the kernel is usually done from
>this directory, in SLackware anyway.

In RedHat, the kernel source is not loaded by default.  In order
to make a kernel, you need the source.  rpm -qa | grep kernel


The source RPM installs the source in /usr/src/linux-[version] and
makes a softlink from there to /usr/src/linux.

So there are various ways that someone can type "make" and not
get anywhere.

They may not have installed the rpms for compiling stuff.
They may not have installed the kernel source.
They may have installed 2 sets of source and removed one without 
checking the link was changed.

Moral of the story?  As anyone who has dealt with more than one brand
of unix knows...  They all do things differently.  SunOS and Solaris
have major differences, OSF and Ultrix, DG/UX, AIX is completely different,
so is IRIX.  Slack and RedHat are differnet from them and different
from each other.

So never assume there is one right way, the way you are used to.  If
you are not dealing with your version of your system, then get
all the required  info before leaping in....  

I learned that one the hard way when doing from SunOS to Solaris.

Just cos it's unix doesn't mean it's "standard"....

Zebee