Re: [smartmontools-support] newbie question

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On Tue 31st Aug, 2010 at 18:09, Jonathan seems to have written:

> I have Mac OS Tiger, and downloaded the .tar.gz which, apparently, contains the Smartmontools source code.  How, exactly, do I compile and install it?  Do I need to purchase a compiler, or is there one built into the Mac OS?

You do not need to purchase one but you do need to ensure that the
Developer Tools are installed. These are included on the install disks
for Tiger but not installed by default. You may find that a more recent
version is available from Apple's website. To download those you need a
Developer account which you can create for free. At least, I haven't
done this for a while because I'm also on Tiger and there have been no
updates for a while but I'm assuming it still works the same way.

Then you just decompress the archive and use configure and make. For
example, suppose your download is called abc.tar.gz and is on your
Desktop, open Terminal and:
 	cd Desktop
 	gunzip abc.tar.gz
 	gnutar -xf abc.tar.gz
Now look to see what the directory name is:
 	ls
Suppose it is called abc-x.y.z:
 	cd abc-x.y.z
 	./configure
 	make
 	make check
 	sudo make install
I can't remember if make check actually does anything for smartmontools
or not. If not, just go on to make install.

There should be install instructions in the package so after you've
decompressed, you can look at the documentation for further detail.

- cfr