[ale] need more help, install new NTP, outside of repository

[leam hall]

Ron,

More from my last comment. Do a "man install" and it lets you put the
software where you want. What Mike said, "make install" puts the
software where it "normally" goes. I doubt if either one sets it to
start on boot. I'm not a Debian/Ubuntu guy so if it's not in
/etc/init.d, I'm not sure.

Leam


On 2/16/12, Michael Campbell <michael.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you tried "make install"?  That's a bit more common on these types of
> things.
> On Feb 16, 2012 12:57 AM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)"
> <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> Thanks for the help thus far on the script file mentioned in the "help
>> please getting script file to work" thread.  I'm going to have to come
>> back to that.  However, I've decided to upgrade my NTP package before
>> doing more experiments.  The one in the Ubuntu repositories is almost 2
>> years old.  I uninstalled NTP and NTPDATE using the Synaptic package
>> manager in Ubuntu 11.04.  I downloaded the latest production NTP package
>> from ntp.org and extracted it to a folder in my home directory.  I
>> looked at the instructions here:
>>
>> file:///home/ron/NTP%204-2-6p5/html/build.html
>>
>> and found this paragraph:
>>
>> QUOTE ON -->
>>
>> The first thing to do is uncompress the distribution and extract the
>> source tree. In the distribution base directory use the ./configure
>> command to perform an automatic configuration procedure. This command
>> inspects the hardware and software environment and configures the build
>> process accordingly. Use the make command to compile and link the
>> distribution and the install command to install the executables by
>> default in /usr/local/bin.
>>
>> <-- QUOTE OFF
>>
>> I issued the ./confgure command, then the make command, and everything
>> looked fine.  Then I issued the install command, and I get this error:
>>
>> ron at asus-k52f-1:~/NTP 4-2-6p5$ install
>> install: missing file operand
>> Try `install --help' for more information.
>>
>> Could someone tell me how to complete the NTP installation?  I know that
>> I need to put the ntp.conf in /etc, but I don't know how to make NTPD
>> start automatically on boot, unless the install process does this.  I
>> know that, when I installed previously from the package manager, it did
>> start automatically on boot.
>>
>> As always, any help is appreciated.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>>
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>>
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