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I am using Ubuntu 18.04 in the virtual machine. The issue is that when I run the following command (sudo make install) in the terminal it shows me the following error:

make: *** No rule to make target 'install'.  Stop.

I researched the problem solution online and when I came across one it said to perform the following:

  1. Install missing dependencies
  2. Check whether build-essential is installed
  3. Run ./configure

I did as instructed and found that the package build-essential was missing.

In a view to fix the error I referred to the following link: How to install build-essential?

As mentioned I did the following things: Ran the command 

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential

When I ran the commands I found that build-essential was already installed and upgraded

When i run the command ./configure it displays no such file found and when i try to run the same command: sudo make install it shows me the same error as before

How can I solve this issue?

N0rbert
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  • You are probably not running those commands from the directory where you stored the software that you want to install. Use cd to navigate to the proper directory. – Jos Oct 26 '18 at 12:29
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    Nobody can really answer this without knowing what you're trying to make and install – steeldriver Oct 26 '18 at 12:30
  • What software do you plan to compile? Are you sure that you really need to compile it? Did you checked http://packages.ubuntu.com to find the needed package in the repository of your Ubuntu version? – N0rbert Oct 26 '18 at 12:35
  • The title is misleading. The error message proves that the software is working. – user535733 Oct 26 '18 at 12:38
  • Okay so I have an application in which I have to perform face detection on the raspberry pie for that I downloaded the servoblaster codes and to install those drivers I cd to the directory where i downloaded the fiiles. There as instructed I try to run the command sudo make install amd it shows me the error – huzefa.s Oct 26 '18 at 12:39
  • Related and helpful: https://askubuntu.com/questions/123077/installing-applications-from-source – user535733 Oct 26 '18 at 12:43
  • Re-read @Jos' comment: Most likely you are simply in the wrong dir. Look for the makefile. If you can't find it, then you are in the wrong dir. – user535733 Oct 26 '18 at 12:46
  • No i am in the same directory where i downloaded and extracted the files. Now when i Want to install the files i try to run the command and find an error – huzefa.s Oct 26 '18 at 13:07
  • @ user535733: I downloaded the zip file from the GitHub. i read the readme file which really explains what each module does. So i unzipped the contents into the Document folder and then I cd into that folder. Then When i try to run the command sudo make install it gives me the error: no rule to make target install. stop. So i run the two commands as explained and it shows me what i explained that the required components are already installed. Then when i run ./configure why it shows no such file or directory – huzefa.s Oct 26 '18 at 13:17
  • why not just tell us which file you're downloading? If there's no Makefile nor configure file in your directory, of course they won't work. – Alvin Liang Oct 26 '18 at 13:46
  • https://github.com/richardghirst/PiBits/tree/master/ServoBlaster. This is the file I am downloading – huzefa.s Oct 26 '18 at 14:08

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