Comment 7 for bug 2062961

Dear Arthur,

please excuse me making you trouble & work:
I AM AN IDIOT!

As you already wrote in your FIRST E-mail:
sudo make install
was the solution.

Again 1'000 thanks from an idiot, who can'nt read error messages and
E-Mails.

So sorry!

Mit freundlichen Grüßen!

Albrecht DIETRICH
Am Kreuzbuck 5
77955 Ettenheimweiler
G e r m a n y
Mobile: +49 (0)176 321 39 442
Fix: +49 (0)7822 - 51 45

Am 21.04.24 um 11:13 schrieb Albrecht DIETRICH:
> Dear Arthur,
>
> you were right. Everything worked well. I had to do this:
>
> * sudo apt-get install autotools-dev
> * sudo apt-get install autoconf
> * sudo apt-get install libgtksourceview-4-dev
>
> Reading the error messages and installing the missing dependencies
> ALWAYS helps hi hi.
>
> The thing is done but anyway XPad ist not there. How do I start it?
> Typing "xpad" in terminal says "bash: /usr/bin/xpad: No such file or
> directory".
> Can you please help me again?
>
>
> Best regards and 1'000 thanks!!
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen!
>
> Albrecht DIETRICH
> Am Kreuzbuck 5
> 77955 Ettenheimweiler
> G e r m a n y
> Mobile: +49 (0)176 321 39 442
> Fix: +49 (0)7822 - 51 45
> Am 21.04.24 um 09:36 schrieb Arthur Borsboom:
>> Maybe:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install autotools-dev
>>
>> Source:https://askubuntu.com/questions/430706/installing-autotools-
>> autoconf-on-ubuntu
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 at 17:43, Arthur Borsboom<email address hidden>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I am guessing that a build dependency is missing, probably automake tools.
>>>
>>> On Sat, 20 Apr 2024, 17:25 Albrecht DIETRICH,<email address hidden>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Arthur,
>>>>
>>>> thanks for ufb quick reply.
>>>>
>>>> I uninstalled XPad, restarted my system and entered in the terminal
>>>> ./autogen.sh
>>>> showing this error msg:
>>>> ./autogen.sh: 3: autoreconf: not found
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen!
>>>>
>>>> Albrecht DIETRICH
>>>> Am Kreuzbuck 5
>>>> 77955 Ettenheimweiler
>>>> G e r m a n y
>>>> Mobile: +49 (0)176 321 39 442
>>>> Fix: +49 (0)7822 - 51 45
>>>>
>>>> Am 20.04.24 um 14:09 schrieb Arthur Borsboom:
>>>>> I think you first need to run ./autogen.sh
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, sudo is not needed for building, since you don't need admin rights
>>>>> for compiling software.
>>>>> If you want to install it, then you might need it. These are the
>>>> simplified
>>>>> steps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Install the necessary dependencies for compiling the software.
>>>>>
>>>>> ./autogen.sh
>>>>> ./configure
>>>>> make
>>>>> make install (installs for current user only) or sudo make install
>>>>> (installs for all users / system-wide).
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this work for you?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 at 12:15, Albrecht DIETRICH<
>>>> <email address hidden>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Public bug reported:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When trying to build XPad 5.8 by
>>>>>> sudo ./configure.ac
>>>>>> I get this error:
>>>>>> ./configure.ac: 4: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please note the config file indeed has the extension ".ac" after
>>>> unpacking.
>>>>>> THe file has been set to "Executable" stat manually.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My OS is Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS and up to date / actual.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please advice what I am doing wrong (I assume it's my fault) of if it
>>>> is
>>>>>> really a bug.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> AL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ** Affects: xpad
>>>>>> Importance: Undecided
>>>>>> Status: New
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
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>>>>>> Matching subscriptions: Arthur Borsboom
>>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2062961
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Title:
>>>>>> Can'nt build XPad 5.8
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Status in Xpad:
>>>>>> New
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bug description:
>>>>>> When trying to build XPad 5.8 by
>>>>>> sudo ./configure.ac
>>>>>> I get this error:
>>>>>> ./configure.ac: 4: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting
>>>> ")")
>>>>>> Please note the config file indeed has the extension ".ac" after
>>>>>> unpacking.
>>>>>> THe file has been set to "Executable" stat manually.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My OS is Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS and up to date / actual.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please advice what I am doing wrong (I assume it's my fault) of if
>>>> it
>>>>>> is really a bug.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> AL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/xpad/+bug/2062961/+subscriptions
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Matching subscriptions: Arthur Borsboom
>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2062961
>>>>
>>>> Title:
>>>> Can'nt build XPad 5.8
>>>>
>>>> Status in Xpad:
>>>> New
>>>>
>>>> Bug description:
>>>> When trying to build XPad 5.8 by
>>>> sudo ./configure.ac
>>>> I get this error:
>>>> ./configure.ac: 4: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please note the config file indeed has the extension ".ac" after
>>>> unpacking.
>>>> THe file has been set to "Executable" stat manually.
>>>>
>>>> My OS is Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS and up to date / actual.
>>>>
>>>> Please advice what I am doing wrong (I assume it's my fault) of if it
>>>> is really a bug.
>>>>
>>>> AL
>>>>
>>>> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/xpad/+bug/2062961/+subscriptions
>>>>
>>>>
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