Compiling Squid-2.5.STABLE8 on Fedora Core 3

Hi I am trying to compile Squid-2.5.STABLE8 on my Fedora Core 3 machine
it wont compile.
When I run the make command I get this "make: *** No targets specified
and no makefile found. Stop.".
I am very new to Linux so the whole process seems very daunting to me,
If anyone could simply explain the issue and how to rectify it, I would
appreciate it.

 

No need to include the command you were using?

Vanilla FC3 or patch to kernel version / gcc version / all libraries
downloaded?

RTFM very carefully.

In that case look for a version packaged as an RPM.

Me

 

Not the most recent, but it may be somewhere else, try www.google.com

Depending on if you are i386 / x86_64 , a i386 RPM
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/1/i386/
[ ] squid-2.5.STABLE3-2.fc1.i386.rpm 09-Jun-2004 10:47 1.1M

Me

 

Thnx for the RPM, Although I would like to compile it myself, although
I dont understand what your first post means, and once installed(RPM)
how would I go and configure it and start it up...?

 

How about reading up on it? Big projects such as squid tend to have
good documentation. I know there's a FAQ and an installation manual.

The error you experienced sounds like something you'd get if you forgot
to issue a ./configure. Typical installations from source go something
like this:

tar -xvzf install-file-something-4.0.3.tar.gz
cd install-file-something-4.0.3
../configure
make
make install

There's a very newbie friendly forum on www.linuxquestions.org.

Jeroen

 

I follwed your instructions Jeroen but I still get the error when i
type 'make'. I still get the error.

 

Are you logged on as root?

What's the EXACT output of configure and make?

 

As a beginner I think not.

You didn't say what compiler, what the, if any options or commands you
were using.

Read the install notes / manuals , readme's etc.

Learn about www.google.com

http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-2.html
2. Getting and Compiling Squid

2.1 Which file do I download to get Squid?
.......

2.12 I have problems compiling Squid on Platform Foo.

Please check the page of platforms on which Squid is known to compile.
Your problem might be listed there together with a solution. If it isn't
listed there, mail us what you are trying, your Squid version, and the
problems you encounter.

http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ.html#toc2
3. Installing and Running Squid

# 3.5 How do I start Squid?
# 3.6 How do I start Squid automatically when the system boots?
# 3.7 How do I tell if Squid is running?


Me

 

Tried a clean default everything install of FC3 DVD i386 the 03/11/04
version (on to an Athlon 64 box). Most impressed by the speed (under 2
minutes) , the last compile of something I did years ago took 51
minutes.

D/L SQUID-2.5STABLE10 the tar.gz , worked fine, going by the initial
unpack notes on the http://squid.visolve.com/squid/sqguide.htm site.

Now to do a quick dirty config to see if it runs.

Me

 

Im going to try another distro instead, as I could never compile on my
FC3 installation, what alternbates do you reccomend?

 

Doesn't sound like a distro issue, after all it's just about the same
set of tools anyway.

Always the same message?
http://www.ugrad.physics.mcgill.ca/reference/Make/make_16.html
it's a Make issue not a distro issue.

Yopu may be missing the autoconf package, your are not in the correct
directory, a path issue , be careful with file name case.

On the notes mentioned earlier ,
http://squid.visolve.com/squid/sqguide.htm
it doesn't say to change directory first before running ./configure


I would lookup the command line switches to create logs during the
compile steps and review those. When I tried the Squid make, there were
1000s of lines of output although there were some things that looked
like warnings, it worked. That may have been because it was an AMD 64bit
CPU.

That seens a bit odd, have you tried some really simple examples, even
the 'Hello World!" type? You should only need to specify 1 or 2 defaults
if any. But it won't need any scripts trying to work out lots of
options.

What install type did you try, was it Workstation, Server, Everything?
Maybe you are simply missing some of the development tools / library
files.

I haven't tried many since sticking with RH years ago.

Novell SuSE and Mandriva seem popular.

Me

 

I did a custon install, not sure which packages I installed though.

 

For a beginner that's interesting, you would at least want to start by
including the development tools option.

1) RTFM for rpm , rpm has a lot of query options.

rpm -qa > installed-listing

will create an ASCII text file you can view / search.

2) man rpm

3) www.google.com
Web Results 1 - 10 of about 826,000 English pages for
linux tutorial newbie
(0.87 seconds)

4)Try , Applications / System Settings / Add or Remove Applications


Me

 

Ok its workin now, I didnt have the develop tools installed so I didnt
have gcc or even cc. Thnx to all for your help