Re: running make

[phil taylor]

On Sun, 2006-09-03 at 15:27 +0200, Alfred Schmidt wrote:
> You wrote
> 
> > I am new to GNUstep, and simply trying to compile my first program. I
> That's something I went through last weekend.
> 
> For having the correct settings, I modified .bashrc to having a
> line reading (as Tima already pointed out)
> . /usr/local/GNUstep/System/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh
> 
> > The whole thing looks simple, so I am baffled by why it wont work. Can
> > anyone help me?
> Actually what make is make? Having the same problem I tried
> gmake instead of (BSD-)make. And: Yes, it worked. Wonder if
> it's the same issue.
> 
> > Also, can anyone steer me towards some tutorial that does not presume
> > any level of knowledge whatsoever. Most tutorials will explain how to
> > create the make file, and then glibly say "now make the program"
> > assuming you know how to do that. I dont.
> For me, Gnustep seems to be very userfriendly but quite selective
> about who's it's friends are.
> There are some fancy demos out there. You noticed the video on
> live-cd and http://www.gnustep.it/pierre-yves/index.html ?
> 
> 
> 
> hth and kind regards to down under,
> 

The project as a whole does not seem to be putting much effort into
attracting new users - like you say its a very selective club. In fact
if they were deliberately trying to deter new users they could'nt do
much better.

And if GNUstep is supposed to make it easy to develop applications, I
would like them to define "easy"! EVen just installing the environment
is a pig. I was able to install SmartEiffel and write a small trial
program in the time it took me to work out how to get "make" to run for
GNUstep. And even using SMartEiffel is hardly easy either.

Regards and Thanks,

Phil T.