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Hello all, I need help, when I try to install programs from *bz2 *gzip and other archives I need to type ./configure, make, and make install. When I type ./configure all is allright, but when i type make and make install it's says that command not found. How to install that command on my distro?

I had fount it. if anyone else need:
sudo apt-get install make-essential

If your sources.list is set to the default debian/(k)ubuntu it should contain a wide range of commonly used apps. So if you think the application you want to install is commonly used, then it's much easier to apt-get it. Also it's always the latest version of the app you're getting. The only problem is the speed from the main debian/(k)ubuntu mirrors. Using apt-get kubuntu will download and automatically install it for you (with the proper command).

A more appropriate package would be build-essential. I don't believe make-essential has the same level of stuff in it, build-essential should cover most standard things you wish to install...and if it doesn't the thing should tell you what extra libs it needs anyway.

Thanks, when I try to sudo apt-get isntall build-essential it writes me, that I already have it. ghem... At the moment problem is that I don't find way to donwload automatix, because I need to install dc++ and I don't like valknut.

For a while I had problems because ./configure said gcc exists, but it wasn't g++, so some things failed. Silently.