[ic] newbie install

[Marty Tennison]

>
> I freshly installed Mandrake Linux on my dual P3 box and it works
> just great! The first thing I did was download Interchange and
> attempt to install it.
>
> When I first ran the configure script it complained about the lack of
> PERL so I downloaded the ActiveState distibution from CPAN and installed
> it.
> It still complained about the perl.h file not being accessable so I
> copied it over to where it wanted it to be. But now configure gives me
> the following error:
>
> Where is your Interchange to be installed? [usr/local/interchange]
>
> writing Makefile for Interchange
> configure: make: command not found
> configure: make: command not found
>
> Could this have something to do with the Interchange user (interch)
> being not yet created? Where can I find this makefile or perhaps an
> error log? Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

These are not interchange related problems.   I use mandrake also, I like
the mandrake distribution but I do not like the way they do their
"non-standard" perl install.  Although the interchange configure script is
sending the message, it is not the problem (dont shoot the messanger).
Here is my 2 cents.

1) re-install your mandrake and choose "developer" configuration and make
sure you install all the developer tools. (Which will include make)

Ensure your perl install is good by installing Bundle::Interchange from
cpan.