[Geany] Possible error in configure file

[Andy Elvey]

Nick Treleaven wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:26:51 +1300
> Andy Elvey <andy.elvey at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi Nick - Thanks very much for that! (and apologies for my delay in 
>> replying - I've been having a few net problems, but all sorted out 
>> now.... :) 
>>     
>
> No problem.
>
>   
>> That sounds good, I'll try that!  This was my first go at building
>> using the Git snapshot, so I think I may have done something
>> wrong.   I'll just check the process - is it just -
>>
>> make distclean
>> ./autogen.sh
>> ./configure
>> make
>> su make install
>> make clean
>> ? 
>>     
>
> I haven't actually built from GIT myself, but it should be the same as
> SVN. The process is:
>
> on first checkout:
> ./autogen.sh
>
> then, and also after any updates:
> make
> sudo make install
>
> Sometimes when there are changes to the build system, or just trouble
> building after an update:
> make distclean
> ./autogen.sh
>
> So that's something to try, but if you haven't built from version
> control before (i.e. used autotools), it's possible you just need a
> more recent version of them, particularly automake.
>
> Regards,
> Nick  
>   
Ok - thanks very much - very clear instructions there! I'll follow these 
and all should be well!  :) 
Bye for now -
- Andy