Help with program instalation

**provinceautomation** · 02-Dec-2009, 11:55

I have downloaded the xmacro .tar.gz file to my desktop folder but to be quite honest I have no idea how to instal it. I have done the whole "make" and "instal" comand in Ubuntu but I have no idea why I did it and even if it aplies to OpenSUSE. Can somone step me through this install?

Xmacro page: XMacro utility

malcolmlewis · 02-Dec-2009, 12:03

Originally Posted by provinceautomation

I have downloaded the xmacro .tar.gz file to my desktop folder but to be
quite honest I have no idea how to instal it. I have done the whole
"make" and "instal" comand in Ubuntu but I have no idea why I did it and
even if it aplies to OpenSUSE. Can somone step me through this
install?

Hi
Someone has already built it for 11.0, 11.1 and 11.2 since you don't
advise which release your using

http://software.opensuse.org/search?...L&p=1&q=xmacro

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**syampillai** · 02-Dec-2009, 12:08

Create a directory and untar the files there. From the root of the source directory, make the program.

Code:

mkdir $HOME/test
cd $HOME/test
tar xzf xmacro.tar.gz
ls

You might see README in the root of the source directory. (You can see from the output of ls above). Assuming that it is "xmacro":

Code:

cd xmacro
./configure
make
sudo make install

(The "configure" step may not be needed and see the README or whatever other files there).

**provinceautomation** · 02-Dec-2009, 12:53

what is the "make" command doing in this situation? (this is stricktly an informational question)

**provinceautomation** · 02-Dec-2009, 13:23

So I ran the one click instal from this page, Software.openSUSE.org and now I need to know how to run it? I don't have an icon anywhere for it...?

edit: I'm running 11.1

**malcolmlewis** · 02-Dec-2009, 13:35

Originally Posted by provinceautomation

So I ran the one click instal from this page, 'Software.openSUSE.org'
(http://software.opensuse.org/search?...L&p=1&q=xmacro) and
now I need to know how to run it? I don't have an icon anywhere for
it...?

edit: I'm running 11.1

Hi
You need to either of the three commands from a terminal;

xmacroplay
xmacrorec
xmacrorec2

You could then create launchers? they live in /usr/bin/

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**provinceautomation** · 02-Dec-2009, 13:44

Hey thanks! I think I got it!

**syampillai** · 02-Dec-2009, 22:48

Originally Posted by provinceautomation

what is the "make" command doing in this situation? (this is stricktly an informational question)

The make command looks for a file called Makefile in the directory that contains instructions to compile/link/(and other programmatic actions) to generate the necessary executables/(and other files).
Typically, the "configure" command generates a Makefile for the current environment (machine architecture and other installed programs) from a file named Makefile.in

Code:

man make

However, you did a "1-Click Install" and that is the quickest and easiest way of installing a program in Linux now-a-days! (Of course, someone needs to provide you with such a link and the corresponding rpm file).