Makefile not found

Asked by pdo100

Hi there,

I am new on linux, and I am on a way of installing a software... but i am stuck - when I do "make" command it tells me "no makefile found". How can I resolve the problem? Probably I must install something or configure my linux... Will appriciate for any help

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Andrea Corbellini (andrea.corbellini) said :
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In Ubuntu you don't need to download and compile applications. You can find what you are looking for in System → Administration → Synaptic.

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Flavius (fcopaciu-deactivatedaccount) said :
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Hi,

The easiest way of installing a package is to click Applications → Add/Remove.... Find the package or packages you want to install. You can search for a keyword, such as 'email', or look through the categories shown on the left hand side of the window. Once you've found a package you want to install, tick the box next to its icon.

Once you've finished choosing, click the Apply button at the bottom of the window. Another window will pop up, showing all of the packages you've selected and asking if you'd like to apply the changes. To install the packages, click Apply. You'll then be asked to type in your super-user/administrator password. Once you've entered it, another window will appear informing you of the installation progress. Once this has finished, click Close. Your new programs are installed, ready to use!

There are other was to install software as described here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoftwareManagement. Compiling from source is one of them but is NOT recommended for new users. Why do you want to compile an application yourself? What application do you want to install?

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pdo100 (piotrdomowicz) said :
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Thanks for any help,

I am trying to install mysql, apache server and php this is why I think I must do it through terminal... can you recommend me is there any other way of doing it but terminal and Synaptic? I have tried recemmendation from previous post and after finding package of mysql, php and apache I went ahead of installing through sysnoptic package manger, but it looks like the software are not there - so it means it wasn't installed

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Flavius (fcopaciu-deactivatedaccount) said :
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Have a look at this page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP.

Best regards,
Flavius

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Best Andrea Corbellini (andrea.corbellini) said :
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Install the following packages from Synaptic:
apache2 mysql-server mysql-client php5 php5-mysql
or run this command in a terminal:
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server mysql-client php5 php5-mysql

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pdo100 (piotrdomowicz) said :
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Thanks Andrea Corbellini, that solved my question.