Re: [Gretl-users] Installation error on -gretl- 2015d

On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Clive Nicholas wrote: I'm getting an installation error for the new version of -gretl- and I'm > following Jack's suggested code from a few weeks' back as well. > > Ultimately, it's complaining that it cannot find the Makefile: > config.status: error: cannot find input file: `doc/commands/Makefile.in' > Thanks for the thorough report, Clive. The trouble is here: clive@clivubu:~/gretl-2015d$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local > --enable-quiet-build --enable-openmp --enable-build-doc > The thing is that --enable-build-doc is a valid option only when you're building from the git (or CVS, as was) sources. With a regular release source package such as gretl-2015d.tar.xz the "doc" material is included in its "built" form and there's no facility for building it from scratch. config.status: creating doc/Makefile > config.status: error: cannot find input file: `doc/commands/Makefile.in' > If you run "./configure --help" one of the messages that zip by is <quote> --enable-build-doc Enable building of gretl docs [git only] </quote> However, we should rejig this so that it produces a more informative error message in the case you're describing (release source used, but --enable-build-doc option given). Allin Cottrell _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users