How to compile source code files?

mypass604 · #1 3rd February 2011, 11:37 AM

I have download loaded squid 2.6 source code file squid-2.6.STABLE22.tar.gz
I extract the file with the command

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[root@localhost home]#tar xvfz squid-2.6.STABLE22.tar.gz

Now I can see a folder quid-2.6.STABLE22.

The issue is I want to complete the it.I can see Makefile.am , Makefile.in , configure,
configure.in and INSTALL .

There are more files and folders but I think that these are the files which I have to deal with.

I does't have any idea how can I compile the files or what ever steps should take after extracting the tar file..Please guide me.
Thanks many times in advance.
mypass

marriedto51 · #2 3rd February 2011, 11:49 AM

The usual drill is

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./configure && make

followed by

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su -c 'make install'

if the code builds successfully, but you should read the INSTALL file for complete instructions.

PS: you might want to use a different forum for this (read the description of this forum).

mypass604 · #3 3rd February 2011, 11:54 AM

thanks "marriedto51" for the reply. As you explain in your post

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./configure && make

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su -c 'make install'

I know that these may work but what the first and second command are doing ?
How can I check that It has been compile successfully ?

***bob*** · #4 3rd February 2011, 12:08 PM

moved to General Support. Guides & Solutions is for answers, not questions.

markkuk · #5 3rd February 2011, 12:20 PM

Do you have some specific reason to use an obsolete version of squid? Fedora 14 includes squid 3.1, and the latest version in the 2.* series is 2.7-STABLE9. The code you're trying to compile has several security-related bugs fixed in later releases.

marriedto51 · #6 3rd February 2011, 12:26 PM

I'd agree with markkuk that you should consider installing the squid package from the fedora repositories instead.

But to answer your general points...

"./configure" runs a script that checks if and where various libraries are installed on your system, and prepares the makefiles that will tell the compiler how to build the source code.

Then "make" will generate a lot of output as it runs the compiler and linker. You can see if it succeeded or not by looking at the last few lines of output: a failure is usually pretty obvious. You could also try typing

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echo $?

immediately after the make command has finished: a success is reported as '0' and any other number indicates some kind of failure.

mypass604 · #7 3rd February 2011, 04:29 PM

thanks for the replies.well the issue is not squid for me.on the internet there r lot of softwares which are in source code so in that case i have to know how to compile and then install it.
My machine is old thats why i can't use latest fedora.
I shall be thankfull if u suggest me any web site from where i may lean step by step how to compile & install softwares especially for beginners.thanks

markkuk · #8 3rd February 2011, 05:15 PM

There is no single universal way to compile and install software, each program has its own requirements. You should go to the web site of the specific package you are trying to compile and look for the installation instructions. For example, the instructions for compiling squid are in: http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/CompilingSquid

JamesNZ · #9 4th February 2011, 03:13 AM

And always, always look at the INSTALL or README files. You can open those from the terminal by

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less whateverTextFile

EDIT: Its usually easier to install software from the repo's using yum, so try that whenever possible.

stevea · #10 4th February 2011, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by mypass604

thanks "marriedto51" for the reply. As you explain in your post

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./configure && make

...

My usual method is

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./configure --help

Scratch head and stroke beard a long time figuring ot the useful options

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./configure --some=options

Then I read the long long output and wonder what the error messages mean and which extra packages are missing.

Then after approximately doing

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yum install \*-devel

after diddling the package version numbers and sometimes eve nhacking the config file then it's

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./configure --some=other_options
make
sudo make install

Point is that sometimes a source package just slips in, other times it takes a crowbar.

Use the binary if it meets your needs. If you want an education Go for it.

mypass604 · #11 4th February 2011, 08:52 AM

Thanks for the valuable suggestions. I read in the INSTALL fine and it say

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To build and install the squid Cache,type:



% ./configure --prefix=/urs/local/squid

% make all

%make install

when I give the above command in my terminal it show me error message as.

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# % ./configure --prefix=/urs/local/squid bash: fg: %.configure: no such job

please guide me

---------- Post added 4th February 2011 at 01:52 AM ---------- Previous post was 3rd February 2011 at 09:49 PM ----------

well sorry I forget it .But why users use % ? any special reason for it ?
I have install c compiler in my linux box. After that I apply the commands

#./configure --prefix=/usr/local/squid
#make all
#make install

all these work successfully.I can see squid folder in /usr/local folder. The new thing for me is that there is no squid.conf file in it but it is in /usr/local/squid/etc folder ?
kindly guide me.