Hey, I'm pretty new to Linux and I'm having great fun trying to install a program from source. After some research I figured out SuSE 9.1 Professional Edition doesn't come with a compiler, so I installed gcc and make. Both programs were installed using YaST, from various combinations of the 5 SuSE disks. Foolishly, I then felt ready to install aMule from source, and here's what happened: ------ # tar xvzf aMule-2.0.0rc3.tar.gz # cd aMule-2.0.0rc3 # ./configure /* The problem occurs HERE /* # make make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. ------ Then I tried using the which command to make sure that gcc and make were installed OK: ------ # which gcc /usr/bin/gcc # which make /usr/bin/make ------ Any ideas?

What is the error from the problem? If configure doesn't complete then there will be no makefile, hence the second error. Why not use the suse rpm on the amule website rather than trying to compile it yourself? http://www.amule.org/dl/index.php

configure: error: Please check that wx-config is in path, the directory where wxWidgets libraries are installed (returned by 'wx-config --libs' command) is in LD_LIBRARY_PATH or equivalent variable and wxWidgets is version 2.4.0 or above. Or this might also be a bug in our configure. Please try again with --with-wx-config=/usr/bin/wx-config (replace /usr/bin/wx-config with a valid path to your wx-config) * Note: Most probably, either one of the above aren't correct, you don't have wxGTK installed, or are missing wxGTK-devel (or equivalent) package

OK, I tried again after installing wxGTK and the error message now reads: configure: error: WARNING: curl >= 7.9.5 is not found. Please check that curl-config is in your default path, check out LD_LIBRARY_PATH or equivalent variable. Or this might also be that your curl-config has other name. Please try again with --with-curl-config=/usr/bin/curl-config (replace /usr/bin/curl-config with a valid path to your curl-config). If you use compiled packages check if you have devel pack installed. To download the lastest version check http://curl.haxx.se/download.html for sources.

"... Most probably, either one of the above aren't correct, you don't have wxGTK installed, or are missing wxGTK-devel (or equivalent) package..." There's your problem....do you have the wxGTK and wxGTK develepment packages installed? They are probably on your installation CDs but you can also download them from here: ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/SuSE-Linux/i386/9.1/suse/i586/wxGTK-devel-2.4.2.4-138.i586.rpm ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/SuSE-Linux/i386/9.1/suse/i586/wxGTK-2.4.2.4-138.i586.rpm When compiling stuff you often need to have the development packages installed, eg if making a program for X you will need the X development package installed. For future reference when installing GNU/Linux, where you generally choose what role the computer will play (eg server, workstation, multimedia, KDE etc) I would recommend selecting "development" as well providing you have the disc space.

I followed the url: http://curl.haxx.se/download.html and installed this one: Suse 9 7.11.0 bin OpenPKG Is this the right one? Same error appears when I try to ./configure?

Thanks for the direct links, I have installed both to be sure, and tried again. Here's the message: configure: error: WARNING: curl >= 7.9.5 is not found. Please check that curl-config is in your default path, check out LD_LIBRARY_PATH or equivalent variable. Or this might also be that your curl-config has other name. Please try again with --with-curl-config=/usr/bin/curl-config (replace /usr/bin/curl-config with a valid path to your curl-config). If you use compiled packages check if you have devel pack installed. To download the lastest version check http://curl.haxx.se/download.html for sources I believe this is the same. Thanks for your time.