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yoyo25

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Hey, I need a big favor if on of you freebsd users can help me out.

I am trying to install a web picture gallery on my personal site, but don't have ssh access because my isp does not provide it. I can only ftp. Anyhow, I have the source for this program, but not the binary. The link is:
http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/

If someone can do this and pm me, I will send you my email address so you can send me a copy.

Thanks much.

 


<< Do you just want the binary? >>



It sounds like it. It sounds like he does not have shell access (hence no ssh), and does not have a local FreeBSD machine to build it on. Unfortunately he is using ftp, but I doubt he has much of a choice.
 
You cant do much from FTP, however if you get someone to make the program for you, I am sure you could FTP it. You need a box to compile it on.
 


<< You cant do much from FTP, however if you get someone to make the program for you, I am sure you could FTP it. You need a box to compile it on. >>



He is asking someone to compile it and email it to him. Hopefully someone trustworthy helps him out.
 
Although, now I'm looking at the downloaded archive and it appears to contain some sort of binary. It does include a "makefile-unix" but I can't make any sense of what's inside it and "make" doesn't read it either...
 


<< Although, now I'm looking at the downloaded archive and it appears to contain some sort of binary. It does include a "makefile-unix" but I can't make any sense of what's inside it and "make" doesn't read it either... >>



Did you rename it to "Makefile"?

EDIT: Dont bother!! Just read the readme 🙂
 
Uh....I'm fairly certain that after you extract the Zip and you change the permissions to executable on the file "jhead" it should work...
Example:

bash-2.05$ ./jhead
Error : No files to process. Use -h for help
bash-2.05$
 


<< Although, now I'm looking at the downloaded archive and it appears to contain some sort of binary. It does include a "makefile-unix" but I can't make any sense of what's inside it and "make" doesn't read it either... >>



hmm..no idea..i never really downloaded the source..let me check it out.
 


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<< Although, now I'm looking at the downloaded archive and it appears to contain some sort of binary. It does include a "makefile-unix" but I can't make any sense of what's inside it and "make" doesn't read it either... >>



Did you rename it to "Makefile"? >>



You can just specify the input file with the -f flag for make...
 


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<< Although, now I'm looking at the downloaded archive and it appears to contain some sort of binary. It does include a "makefile-unix" but I can't make any sense of what's inside it and "make" doesn't read it either... >>



Did you rename it to "Makefile"? >>



You can just specify the input file with the -f flag for make... >>



Are you sure you got the right file..it was called jhead.zip when i extract it, it has the .c files, and makefiles and stuff.

Edit:

nevermind, i do see the binary in there also..i will try it out
 
The jhead file is an executable, but if its for linux he probably wont be able to put it in the proper place to get linux emulation to work.



<< You can just specify the input file with the -f flag for make... >>



Yeah, the readme.txt tells you just what to do anyhow 😉
 


<< The jhead file is an executable, but if its for linux he probably wont be able to put it in the proper place to get linux emulation to work.



<< You can just specify the input file with the -f flag for make... >>



Yeah, the readme.txt tells you just what to do anyhow 😉 >>



yeah, I think n0cmonkey has the right idea...the binary in the zip file is only for linux..need it compiled for bsd.

 
Well, since the readme only has instructions to compile in Linux, I'll follow those, but it should work out to be a binary for *BSD
 
Well those directions didn't work out too well, so does anyone have a ported version of the install for FreeBSD?

Here's what I got when following the readme...
bash-2.05$ cc -lm -03 -o jhead jhead.c exif.c
cc: unrecognized option `-03'
 


<< Well those directions didn't work out too well, so does anyone have a ported version of the install for FreeBSD?

Here's what I got when following the readme...
bash-2.05$ cc -lm -03 -o jhead jhead.c exif.c
cc: unrecognized option `-03' >>



heh..messed up...thanks for trying though. I will try emailing the developer.
 


<< Well those directions didn't work out too well, so does anyone have a ported version of the install for FreeBSD?

Here's what I got when following the readme...
bash-2.05$ cc -lm -03 -o jhead jhead.c exif.c
cc: unrecognized option `-03' >>



Is that a 0 (zero) or an O (capital oh)? It needs to be a "capital oh". It compiles just fine on Mac OS X, so it should work on FreeBSD. 🙂



<< Of course no REAL user reads a readme! 😉😛 >>



Im not an L user, Im an admin 😉
 


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<< Well those directions didn't work out too well, so does anyone have a ported version of the install for FreeBSD?

Here's what I got when following the readme...
bash-2.05$ cc -lm -03 -o jhead jhead.c exif.c
cc: unrecognized option `-03' >>



heh..messed up...thanks for trying though. I will try emailing the developer. >>



This looks like a typing mistake, not a development mistake.
 
Aha, the monkey is a genius 😉

Now, I must search for where the binary is...

Edit: Oh wait, perhaps it overwrites the previous binary...but it never prompted me...😕
 
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