Need Help To Install Bash

UNIX Solaris
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Hi,

I'm kinda new to doing anything too complicated on unix. I'm trying to install bash 2.05b and have run into trouble. I have got the source code in a directory I have created called bashInstall.

I have run the config by doing....

sh ./configure and I get the following =>

aseries > sh ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) ./install.sh -c
checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking whether cross-compiling... (cached) no
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile

However when I try and compile using make I get......
make: *** No rule to make target `../config.h', needed by `mkbuiltins.o'. Stop.

Now I thought configure should create a config.h file. Can't find one anywhere. I have done a find on the whole box. In the Makefile it seems to reference ../config.h all over the place. But it definetely wasn't created in the sub directory.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Mark

:cool:

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Telling us about your system might help. What release of what os running on what hardware?

When I run configure for a different package than bash, I get a config.h in my current directory. And I get a message in config.log that says it did that. What do you see in config.log?

And when you run configure, do you have permission to write in the current directory?

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Running on solaris 2.6.

Yes I have permission to use the current directory. There is nothing in the config.log file. In the config.cache we get:

ac_cv_c_cross=${ac_cv_c_cross='yes'}
ac_cv_header_stdc=${ac_cv_header_stdc='no'}
ac_cv_header_string_h=${ac_cv_header_string_h='yes'}
ac_cv_header_unistd_h=${ac_cv_header_unistd_h='yes'}
ac_cv_path_install=${ac_cv_path_install='./install.sh -c'}
ac_cv_prog_CC=${ac_cv_prog_CC='cc'}
ac_cv_prog_CPP=${ac_cv_prog_CPP='cc -E'}
ac_cv_prog_RANLIB=${ac_cv_prog_RANLIB='ranlib'}
ac_cv_prog_gcc=${ac_cv_prog_gcc='no'}

Mark

:confused:

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Maybe you have a config.site somewhere on your box that configure is finding?

configure is a shell script. You should be able to track down why it isn't writing a config.h. If you don't have a sh expert who can do that, maybe you should just download a precompiled binary from www.sunfreeware.com

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when you are new to solaris and compiling, i would prefer the binaries:

tipp: http://www.sunfreeware.com

bash 2.05 for solaris 6 on sparc:
ftp://ftp.sunfreeware.com/pub/freeware/sparc/2.6/bash-2.05-sol26-sparc-local.gz

greetings Pre�y

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Cheers, I'll give these a go......

Mark

:slight_smile: