Troubleshooting Compiles and Installations
If you understand the difference between compiler errors, compiler warnings, linker errors, and shared library problems as described in Chapter 8, then you should not have too much trouble fixing many of the glitches that arise when building software. This section covers some other common problems.
Before getting into specifics, you should learn to read make output. You first need to know the difference between an error and an ignored error. The following is a real error that you need to investigate:
make: *** [target] Error 1
However, some Makefiles suspect that an error condition may occur but know that these errors are harmless. You can usually disregard any messages like this:
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