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Re: gsl libraries


Thanks Brian,

that was the problem indeed.

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> Nicolas Bouche writes:
>  > i am trying to install gsl-1.3 on linux (debian).
>  > No problem with configure, make and make check.
>  > However, make install fails with the error message
>  > Making install in sys
>  > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/gsl-1.3/sys'
>  > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/gsl-1.3/sys'
>  > make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
>  > /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local//include/gsl
>  >  /star -m 644 gsl_sys.h /usr/local//include/gsl/gsl_sys.h
>  > /bin/sh: /star: No such file or directory
>  > make[2]: *** [install-pkgincludeHEADERS] Error 127
> 
> I don't think this is a problem with GSL itself -- your system seems
> to be misconfigured in some way since it is trying to install programs
> with "/star" instead of "/usr/bin/install".  I think you will find the
> same error if you try to install any other package.
> 
> If the error doesn't occur for other packages then please send a full
> bug report with the output of ./configure and the version number of
> Debian to bug-gsl@gnu.org
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Brian Gough
> 
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