Re: RH vs SUSE

From: Paul J Gans (gans_at_panix.com)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:52:32 +0000 (UTC)

root/administrator <administrator@dev.null.dnsalias.net> wrote:
>If you type "make" @ any shell and you get a response saying something like
>"Command not found.", chances are either you don't have make package
>installed or your environment PATH does not include where make is
>installed. On a SuSE-9.1 system, you can use rpm to check if make package
>is installed, i.e rpm -q make. If rpm says make package is installed, you
>can try to have the rpm list the make package, i.e. rpm -ql make, and
>locate where make file is installed. Then, check your PATH environment to
>see if it includes the path where make file is installed.

>cybercrypt13 wrote:

>> Well,
>>
>> I went and did it.??I?switched?from?RH?9?to?SUSE?9.1?and?now?I'm?starting
>> to regret it.??Hopefully?someone?here?can?help?me?out?or?point?me?to
>> somewhere I might get some help.
>>
>> First of all where the heck is "make"???I'm?use?to?the?gcc?and?g++
>> compilers but SUSE obviously uses cpp or something.??But?when?I'm?trying
>> to?compile software I run configure and when I run make it gives command
>> not found. Man pages for it exist but it won't run...
>>
>> Secondly, I am use to redhat when starting and stopping services from the
>> command prompt you just type service network restart or whatever you are
>> trying to do.??SUSE?doesn't?have?this?service?so?do?you?have?to?start?up
>> services manually or is there a similar command in SUSE?

Let me add to the above answer. SuSE uses gcc, etc., just
as Red Hat does. You likely have not installed the gcc
packages. When you do, you will almost certainly get make
as well.

Go to Yast and click on, I believe, "add programs" (I'm not
on a linux system at the moment and can't check.) Then
you can do a search for gcc.

As for the starting and stopping of services, SuSE is set
up somewhat differently. You can do this from Yast. Find
the icon for "services" and click on it.

Or you can do it manually. Go to /etc/rc.d and check the
scripts there. You can run them manually by typing the
appropriate command. For example to start Apache 2 type

   ./apache2 start

or, if you want to stop it,

   ./apache2 stop

     ---- Paul J. Gans

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