Re: Successful compile, but where's the executable?

From: David Chart (linux@dchart.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sun May 12 2002 - 18:27:00 EDT

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    On Sun, 2002-05-12 at 15:52, Jenn and Damon wrote:
    > I'm sorry if this is obvious, but I'm new to Linux and software compilation.
    > I'm running Mandrake 8.2, and I downloaded the source tarball to
    > $HOME/download/incoming. From there, I compiled the software according to the
    > instructions on the Linux/Unix download page (unpack, su to root account,
    > make). Since I didn't get any compilation error messages, I assume it worked.
    > And now I have no idea where the binary (or binaries) for abiword are! Using
    > locate and find to search for 'abi' and 'abiword' turned up nothing. I've
    > also searched through the directory tree where I performed the 'make'
    > command, and I still can't find an executable. What's up?

    It should be in abi/src/YourKernelHere/bin/, and be called AbiWord_d.

    At least, that's where mine appears to be. (I usually install.) 

    -- 
David Chart

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