I have installed a redhat linux on a VMWare under windows. I am completly new to linux so I need this to be explained slowly and simple. I have downloaded KDevelop 3.2.3 into a folder in linux. I have read the install file and it said to do configure, which I did, and then make. make said it finds no Makefile. There are 3 makefiles in the folder, Makefile.am, Makefile.cvs and Makefile.in. When I tried to do Make on each of these makefiles it said there is nothing to do with these files. So how do I install KDevelop? Thanks in advance.

Why don't you use the pre-compiled packages? I'm sure they are part of the linux distribution! However, if you really want to compile KDevelop yourself you must run ./configure first before running make. With configure the system is checked on dependencies and after that it creates a make file for you.

dee

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Why don't you use the pre-compiled packages? I'm sure they are part of the linux distribution! However, if you really want to compile KDevelop yourself you must run ./configure first before running make. With configure the system is checked on dependencies and after that it creates a make file for you.

dee

I did run configure first.
Is there a pre compiled KDevelop in the packages?
Is there something like KDevelop in the packages? how do I install these packages?

I assume you are using installation cd's. On one of these cd's KDevelop would be available. Don't know much about redhat, but I'm pretty sure it is using a sophisticated package management system. Search for it on the redhat site!

About KDevelop

The simplest way to compile this package is:

1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
`./configure' to configure the package for your system. If you're
using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
`sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
`configure' itself.

Running `configure' takes a while. While running, it prints some
messages telling which features it is checking for.

2. Type `make' to compile the package.

3. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
documentation.

4. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
source code directory by typing `make clean'.

I was in the directory of KDevelop and I invoked ./configure.
At the end it said it can't find kde-configure...
Maybe I need to go to another directory? However in any other directory ./configure won't work.

Please help me.

No actually its a compiled image of redhat in .vmx format for VMWare.

Search on the KDevelop site for pre-compiled packages for the RH distribution