How to manually compile on FreeBSD 10.x

[Odhiambo Washington]

On 3 December 2014 at 16:33, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:09 AM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > What do I need to install on FreeBSD 10 to enable me compile stuff by
> hand?
> >
> > [root at admin ~/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2]# uname -a
> > FreeBSD admin.cnet.co.za 10.0-RELEASE-p12 FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE-p12 #0:
> Tue
> > Nov  4 04:15:03 UTC 2014
> > root at amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> >  i386
> >
> >
> >
> > [root at admin ~/Exim]# cp Makefile-Exim-4.85x.txt exim-4.85_RC2/L
> > LICENCE            LICENSE.opendmarc  Local/
> > [root at admin ~/Exim]# cp Makefile-Exim-4.85x.txt
> > exim-4.85_RC2/Local/Makefile
> > [root at admin ~/Exim]# cd exim-4.85_RC2
> > [root at admin ~/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2]# make
> > /bin/sh scripts/source_checks
> >
> > >>> Creating links to source files...
> > >>> Creating lookups/Makefile for building dynamic modules
> > >>> New Makefile & lookups/Makefile installed
> > >>> Use "make makefile" if you need to force rebuilding of the makefile
> >
> > */bin/sh ../scripts/Configure-os.h*
> > */bin/sh ../scripts/Configure-os.c*
> > *gcc buildconfig.c*
> > *make[1]: exec(gcc) failed (No such file or directory)*
> > **** Error code 1*
> >
> > Stop.
> > make[1]: stopped in /root/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2/build-FreeBSD-i386
> > *** Error code 1
> >
> > Stop.
> > make: stopped in /root/Exim/exim-4.85_RC2
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> > Nairobi,KE
> > +254733744121/+254722743223
> > "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
> >
>
>
> What does
>
> "compile stuff by hand"
>
> mean ?
>
>
Download tarball
Extract tarball
./configure --with-your-favorite-opts
make
make install


>


-- 
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254733744121/+254722743223
"I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."