Make is a utility that automatically builds executable programs and libraries from source code by reading files called makefiles which specify how to derive the target program.

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Linker cannot find libcv

The package I am building on Precise instructs me to install OpenCV using synaptic to get libcv-dev libcvaux-dev and libhighgui-dev. So I opened up synaptic and checked the boxes and downloaded these ...
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make install - how to use wget, not curl

I do not have root access on my Ubuntu but want to install git. I was following this tutorial but when running make or make install it says curl is not installed. Can I use wget instead if this is a ...
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About the installation of Moses tool on ubuntu 11.04

we are working on project related to language translation with the help of moses tool...but we are not able to install moses...we face some installation problems. we make a directory on desktop named ...
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Where to place a downloaded file to install a NIC driver?

I need to install a driver for an Atheros wired NIC. But since I do not have a connection through Ubuntu, I will have to make a download from my WinXP PC. Once I have the download and can transfer it ...
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'libavformat/avformat.h: No such file or directory' while compiling OpenCV for Arm A8

I am using Ubuntu 12.04. I get errors while cross-compiling OpenCV for Arm A8. Can someone help to resolve? $ make Scanning dependencies of target zlib [ 0%] Building C object ...
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Building LMMS: “Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!”

I tried to build Linux MultiMedia studio from the source of the SourceForge git:// repository under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32b: git clone git://lmms.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/lmms/lmms cd lmms git ...
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installing program file

I am trying to install openssn on Ubuntu 12.04. I have extracted the file, and when I type cd openssn then sudo make in a terminal I get this: main.cpp:32:17: fatal error: SDL.h: No such file or ...
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Compile fail. SDL problem

When I try to compile this program using make command, it fails. I think I have all the neccessary libraries for this. Here is the screen shot of the trerminal with the compile fail. And here is a ...
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Ralink rt3290 can't be installed

I tried installing rt3290 wireless drivers in my hp 2314ax laptop running on Ubuntu 13.04. But when I tried do enter the make command, the next errors are being displayed. How to solve this? ...
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“autoreconf: not found” error during making qemu-1.4.0

I was ./configure'd the qemu-1.4.0 and during make it cause: (cd /home/amin/Simulate/qemu-1.4.0/pixman; autoreconf -v --install) /bin/sh: 1: autoreconf: not found make: *** ...
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Where is package linux-kernel-devel for 12.04?

Previously I rebuilt the 11.04 kernel to allow a TBS QBOX2 USB DVB satellite receiver to work, which it did very well under Kaffeine. I now tried to build it on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with the following ...
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I am trying to build a Realtek 8723e module for my wireless but I am getting errors

Following the instruction found here I have attempted to build this driver. Some information about my laptop computer: Toshiba Satellite S855-S5254 8 GB RAM Intel i7-3610QM CPU 2.30 GHz Ethernet ...
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Error installing ath9k Wireless Driver for Ubuntu 12.10

I'm following the instructions of this external link. When I enter sudo make install }}} I get the following error: make -C /lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/build ...
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How do I tell the installer what my home directory is?

Could someone please tell me how to tell the installer what my home directory is?
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LiveCD Ubuntu 12.04, can't open file “Kconfig”

I am going to try and make this as descriptive as possible so you know what I am looking to do and so it is clear. Error message: ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop/Liquidware_BeagleBoard$ make menuconfig ...
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Assign standard exit status to a makefile variable

I'm trying to save the standard exit status of a command in a variable of my makefile, but I don't know how to do it. I've tried this: pruebas: @A= $(ls) ...but it doesn't work.
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Trying to install realtek drivers for ASUS USB-N13, encountering “Compile make driver error: 2”

I'm trying to put an ASUS USB-N13 wireless adapter in my desktop running Ubuntu 12.04. The details of my problem are identical to the one described in this question: Connecting Asus USB-N13 Wireless ...
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Is it possible to get PdfEdit running on Ubuntu 12.10 using qt3to4?

PdfEdit is pretty much the only FOSS low-level PDF-editing tool out there. It's pretty useful, and pretty recent since it's updated in 2012. However, it's a shame that packages are nowhere to be ...
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Makefile question: how to make several analogous rules into one

I'm wondering if there's a way to make one rule out of the following several rules which are all similar in a Makefile that I have to edit: $(OBJECT_BUILD_DIR)/%.o : $(OBJECT_SRC_DIR)/%.cpp ...
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make fails because it doesn't know “headers_install”

I'm trying to setup buildroot for cross-compiling a custom app. / # uname -a Linux Venus 2.6.12.6-VENUS #323634 Wed May 25 13:40:36 CST 2011 mips unknown So far I chose kernel version 2.6.12.6 in ...
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install qtSerialPort library

I want to install qtserialport in precise1-Ubuntu. I got the source directory using git. next I download lib-qt4-dev and qmake. I ran qmake. it works fine. but, make fails with the following error: ...
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How to resolve `make` errors while installing WSNet?

I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 and I want to install the sensor network simulator WSNet. But when I run make it doesn't work and gives the following output: make[5]: entrant dans le répertoire « ...
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Error running cisco vpn client ubuntu 10.04 server. How to fix it?

I've been struggling to get cisco vpn working on an ubuntu 10.04.3 server with a 2.6.32-35-server kernel. i followed the lamnk.com tutorial. i installed my linux kernel sources this way apt-get ...
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How can I direct make-kpkg to output .deb files to a different location?

I am compiling a new kernel on my Ubuntu 12.04.1 using make-kpkg. In order to do so, I'm doing the same process as suggested in izx's answer. However, I want to direct the generated .deb files to my ...
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Error during “Make Install” while installing Player

I want to install Player on Ubuntu Platform. 1) I give "configure" . This is done successfully. 2) After giving "sudo make install" , I get the following error: Making install in replace make[1]: ...
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/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXmu

I am trying to make files from gpucomputingsdk_3.1_linux.run but I get the following error /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXmu can you help me how to solve this? and also how can I find what packages to ...
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Dansguardian error on compilation from source

./configure ( compilation is done) make command giving error below make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/dansguardian-2.12.0.4-all_patch/configs' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'. make[3]: ...
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installation of WSNET simulator

I'm trying to install the simulator WSNET.but make command don't work and it gives me the error make [1], make [2]...also make install give the same error.I tried to install the dependencies, but no ...
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how to remove httpd built from source

I'm aware of the post: How do I remove apache installed with make install and use apache from the repositories?. I installed httpd2.4 from source. But for httpd2.4, there is no make uninstall ...
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Cannot compile kernel module

I have a Realtek "RTL8111/8168B" ethernet card that never works with ubuntu. My wireless card used to have the same problem, but I installed the official driver for it and it works fine now. I would ...
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How can I install prozgui without errors?

I tried to install prozgui but every time get an error message. I followed these steps Extract the file Enter the directory from terminal Type the ./configure command Finally the make command ...
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Driver GWU 625 Can't install - Ubuntu Server

I downloaded the drivers for a new USB wireless adapter(GWU625). I did a lot of research since I am looking for this problem since a week and now I am started to miss ideas to what to try. I opened ...
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Why am I receiving “Error 2” when trying to use the make command?

I used gedit to create a "makefile", but when I invoke the make command I receive the error below; can someone please tell me what I might be doing wrong? Do I need to relocate my make file in a ...
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Getting Error Compiling Mouse

I am following these instructions (Mouse Compile Instructions) to try to get my ALPS touchpad working, but I get this error on the make command. sudo make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd` ...
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error while installing a software (hface)

I have to install a package named hface. But when I am trying to install it I get this output with 2 errors: I do ./configure and then sudo make After make I got the following error: In file ...
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ntop compilation failed, undefined reference to `pcap_parse'

I tried to compile ntop on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS, on a Macbook 1,1 (32bit). ./configure went fine (after hours of getting all the dependencies), but after make, I got the following error: ...
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Help with error: ‘struct sockaddr_storage’ has no member named ‘s_addr’

I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my new machine, and I'm trying to install Ushare from the source from the website. I would just install it through the terminal using 'sudo apt-get install ushare' but ...
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Installing errors from SFML(API). Unknown make error

I've been attempting to install SFML(API) into my Virtual Box ubuntu for the last few hours, but I cant seem to find the solution to this error problem. The original problem seemed was a hardware ...
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No such file or directory when I issue “make -f file”

When I issue make -f mymake, I am getting the error: /scripts/Makefile.build:44: /home/zaheer/wkspc/Makefile: No such file or directory I think Makefile.build is not recognizing mymake as make ...
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Question about make linker

I need some driver of CAN bus, install script copies bci.h to /usr/include libbci.so to /usr/lib but when i try to compile another application ...
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How to add a c file to be compiled with a package

I want to add a file hstest.c which comes with bluez package but not by default added to the makefile to the sources that are compiled with the buid system. I read about makefiles and autotools but ...
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Make command error installing Postfix

I am installing Postfix and following a tutorial, there is a command that uses the make command but I got an error message when I entered it. More precisely : make makefiles ...
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getting zlib error when compiling simple-scan

I'm trying to work on the simple-scan code as it crashes a lot for me. But when runningn make after running autogen.sh i get this error: make all-recursive make[1]: Switching to folder ...
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Can you make Ubuntu - 12.10-desktop-i386 on a 16GB USB Flash Drive 4GB persistent drive

apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-source make oldconfig make prepare make scripts make This errors out saying I ran out of space after about ...