I'm trying to install noip
on Ubuntu 12.04.4, and I do not know the first thing about building/compiling software.
The README file stated these exact words:
HOW TO BUILD AN EXECUTABLE FOR YOUR SYSTEM
The command
make
will build a binary of the noip2 client that will run on your system.If you do not have 'make' installed and you have an i686 Linux machine
with libc6, a binary for i686 systems is located in the binaries
directory called noip2-Linux. Copy that binary to the build directory
'cp binaries/noip2-Linux noip2'The command
make install
(which must be run as root) will install the various pieces to their
appropriate places. This will ask questions and build a configuration
data file.
See below if you can't become root or can't write in /usr/local/*.
evidently they want me to use make, however when I try [operating under root]:
anon@anon:~$ make -f /home/noip-2.1.9-1/makefile
I get the following:
make: /home/noip-2.1.9-1/makefile: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `/home/noip-2.1.9-1/makefile'. Stop.
anon@anon:~$
SO! What am I doing wrong, and is there a simpler way?
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Best Answer
On a clean Ubuntu 12.04, I followed their instructions found here: How to Install the Linux Dynamic Update Client on Ubuntu and successfully installed their client. I added a couple of commands to install missing/required components....
That was it.