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make error while building Python. -fPIC error

making Python3.3.1 on Linux. Does anyone know how to fix this? It seems I just have to add -fPIC somewhere in the makefile, but I am not sure where. It looks like most lines from the make output ...
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Linux tool to autodownload and build from SourceForge?

Has anyone made anything (even just a script) to automatically download, untar, and make projects off of SourceForge in Linux? How could I do that? I am using Ubuntu 12.10, specifically.
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Error compiling and installing mcrypt from source

I'm hoping someone can help shed some light on my current issue. Scenario: Installing libmcrypt, mhash and mcrypt from source in order to compile PHP5.4 with the mcrypt extension enabled. OS: ...
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Could not find Digikam

I have compiled and made the Digikam source code from GIT. Everything went right. At last, I typed 'sudo make install' and it went successful. But after this, I don't know where the digikam is ...
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What happens when I run “./configure” in Linux?

When we try to ./configure some Linux software from source before makeing it, usually there is a huge list of checking other software parameters performed, for instance the below is a tiny part of ...
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Make install kernel module without reboot?

I am trying to make changes to a buggy driver on Linux (mint). Is it possible to make and test the changes without rebooting every time?
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alias gcc='gcc -fpermissive' or modifying ./configure script

I am compiling quite big project from source. The compilation always ends with: error: invalid conversion from ‘const char*’ to ‘char*’ [-fpermissive] I have already compiled this project one year ...
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make command for installing in linux give it a directory

I want to install bedtools (i.e., a c++ source code for manipulating certain types of files). In order to install it the installation instructions says to download the tar file, untar the file, go to ...
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Installing softare on Linux

I'm trying to install the GMP package on Redhat 4, x86_64. The package can only be installed using make, which is not available and should be installed with apt-get/yum, but I don't have either one of ...
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Compile MakeMKV 1.7.6 - Segmentation Fault

I've previously been able to compile MakeMKV 1.7.5 and older versions, but the latest version (downloaded from http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224) gives me strange segmentation ...
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How to run Vim command from the shell?

This might be a dumb question, but bear with me. I'm automating some of the usual stuff I do when setting up a new work environment, and would like to automate the Vim command :BundleInstall (for ...
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Files built with a makefile are disapearing (including the binary)

I am building a program on a TS-7800(SBC), and when I run make (show below), it appears to go through all of the steps normally, but in the end i do not get a binary file. Why is this, and how can I ...
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Ubuntu terminal characters required in Makefiles

So the Linux From Scratch Hint recommends that before you even attempt LFS you should be able to build and install emacs from scratch. I am trying to do this. The INSTALL doc claims it's fairly ...
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How do installation in linux (Fedora)?

I'm trying to run an example of MOBS - Mobile Robot Simulator, I'm trying to install the requirements and run the example, but I'm new with linux so don't understand how make these steps : 1. XView ...
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PHP build tutorial assumes libphp5.so was built - it wasn't

I'm following this tutorial http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.unix.apache2.php I've gotten to the part where libphp5.so should magically be in modules/ after the PHP install, but it's not. I've ...
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config.status not found

I'm trying to compile a program from source. When I run make the following appears: ./config.status --recheck make: ./config.status: Command not found make: *** [config.status] Error 127 There is ...
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“make menuconfig” throwing cannot find -lc error in my Fedora 11 PC

When i try to do a make menuconfig in a Fedora 11 machine it is throwing the following error message: [root@PC04 kernel]# make menuconfig HOSTCC -static scripts/basic/fixdep ...
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./configure && make && make install

I am logged in as a regular user. Should I use: ./configure && make && make install or sudo ./configure && sudo make && sudo make install or ./configure ...
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I want to remove PHP-5.3. completely from my machine after make it from source

I want to remove PHP-5.3. completely from my machine after make it from source. how can this be done? When I try make uninstall I get: make: * No rule to make target `uninstall'. Stop.
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Tool to run a command when file changed

Does anybody know of tool for Linux that can watch a custom subtree of the filesystem for changes, and executes a custom command when a change occurs ? Such a tool would be very useful to quickly ...
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How do I run software after I install it with make install?

I downloaded a tar.gz for the Player Project from Sourceforge. I ran the make install command to install it, and got no errors. But I don't know how to actually run the program. There are multiple ...
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Empty folder and kernel panic when trying to get SELinux working

I have very strange things with SELinux. My post may be will bit disordered, because I'm not completely understand what is going on. Before all the story, I had good and very stable Linux ...
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“make & make install” software on Linux

I have worked on Linux for a year. One thing bothers me is that I am not familiar with the process of installing new software with source code(I can't install them from netword due to environment ...
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Running commands in parallel with a limit of simultaneous number of commands

Sequential: for i in {1..1000}; do do_something $i; done - too slow Parallel: for i in {1..1000}; do do_something $i& done - too much load How to run commands in parallel, but not more than, for ...
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Quick introduction to Linux needed

I have to get into Linux ASAP and realy mean ASAP. I have installed Cygwin but as allways - things dont go as easy as one would like. First problem i enconter was - i choose KDE package, but there is ...
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Make command in Ubuntu linux

I just recently started learning different Linux commands but I still don't understand how to use the 'make' command. Please is there anyone that understands how to use 'make'?
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Getting error : make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.31-20-generic/build: No such file or directory on Ubuntu 9.1

When trying to install my WiFi card's driver on Ubuntu 9.1, I run the make command and get the following error: make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.31-20-generic/build: No such file or directory Any ideas ...
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Why is 'sudo' often omitted in installation instructions?

I often find build instructions like this: ./configure make make install while in reality I need to type sudo make install Why is this not mentioned in the installation instructions? Or is it ...
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How can I upgrade from CouchDB 0.8.0 to 0.9.0 on Ubuntu?

Ubuntu comes with CouchDB 0.8.0-incubator. I have it running correctly. I've recently wanted to upgrade to 0.9.0, so I followed the instructions on this blog post, but I seem to be missing the final ...