where should i put packages- after compile and make?

[JPC22]

I'm manually installing some packages for remote photo capture with a powershot A75 on the current distro linux mint 12 lisa (64-bit)
those packages are not available trough synaptic or apt.

i know that capture-1.0.4-cvs-20071123 depends on libptp2-1.1.10 that depends on libusb-1.0.8
and that i have to install the above from right to left.

i know how to extract them and compile them in terminal ,but not where to put them

I compiled the first in a folder on desktop- then tried to compile the second in another folder but it does not find the first.
even tried adding files from the first package in the second folder ... does not work

what i ask for is surely basic knowledge and i sure i should extract my packages in the right place before compiling them, but I lack that info.


should i try gdebi package installer (trying that right now)

[dagon]

A short answer is:

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sudo make install

The most common way to compile a program is

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./configure
make
sudo make install

But there are other methods around.
If you look in the README or INSTALL file you'll find additional information.

[JPC22]

I followed those steps and it did not work- the second package still does not find the first.

[dagon]

Well. I looked at it and I think I would need a full day to make anything out of it... Can't do that for you. Sorry.

[Roken]

care to tell us what errors/messages "make install" gives you (note - while ./configure and make can usually be done as a normal user, make install requires sudo)

[RETNUH]

There should make a file called "install" or "readme" somewhere in the folder you downloaded. Read that and it should have instructions.

[Habitual]

/usr/src has always been my practice. I build/compile from there as root.

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cd /usr/src
wget domain.com/download.tar.gz
tar zxf download.tar.gz
cd download
less DOCUMENTATION*
./configure
make 
make install

* DOCUMENTATION... is
less README or
less INSTALL.txt or similar

[JPC22]

usr/src was the info i was looking for but i still get this error

./configure: line 22453: test: : integer expression expected
configure: error:
*** You need the 0 line of libusb which is at least 0.1.8.
*** Higher versions might not be compatible! Download and istall
*** libusb version 0.X.X from http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb/ or
*** use --disable-ptpcam option to build without ptpcam tool.


used the following
CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" USE_ARCH=64 ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib64 --localstatedir=/var/lib && make

tried the following too
CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" USE_ARCH=64 ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/src --libdir=/usr/lib64 --localstatedir=/var/lib && make && make install

is there something i can do for that- except following every instruction i could find (which i did before asking ).

if ptpcam is broken then i just wont be able to take photos directly from computer with camera.

[dagon]

./configure: line 22453: test: : integer expression expected
configure: error:
*** You need the 0 line of libusb which is at least 0.1.8.
*** Higher versions might not be compatible! Download and istall
*** libusb version 0.X.X from http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb/ or
*** use --disable-ptpcam option to build without ptpcam tool.

I think this means you installed the latest version of libusb. You need an earlier version that is 0.1.8 and more but below 1.0
If you look in synaptic you'll see there are different versions of libusb. The one/ones you need are probably libusb-0.1-4 and/or libusb-dev

[Habitual]

./configure: line 22453: test: : integer expression expected
configure: error:
*** You need the 0 line of libusb which is at least 0.1.8.
*** Higher versions might not be compatible! Download and istall
*** libusb version 0.X.X from http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb/ or
*** use --disable-ptpcam option to build without ptpcam tool.

I think this means you installed the latest version of libusb. You need an earlier version that is 0.1.8 and more but below 1.0
If you look in synaptic you'll see there are different versions of libusb. The one/ones you need are probably libusb-0.1-4 and/or libusb-dev

+1

[JPC22]

I looked in synaptic with the normal search method and found absolutely nothing.

thanks for those advices guys, they may be useful in the future.

right now this program is not working, and that just means i will have to take photos then upload them to my pc, like before.

[dagon]

I looked in synaptic with the normal search method and found absolutely nothing.

And if I type libusb in synaptic I get more than 30 hits. If i search for libusb-0.1 I get only one hit and that is libusb-0.1-4

configure: error:
*** You need the 0 line of libusb which is at least 0.1.8.

The 0.1-4 package mentioned above is 0.1.12 and if you have a second go at it this is the one I'd install first.

[JPC22]

i use french canadian language packs wich happens to be obsolete sometimes and since their latest update i can now find in synaptic that i aldready have libusb installed
and that digikam needs the latest version of it.