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Cygwin configure: error: source directory already configured; run "make distclean" there first

Hi I am using cygwin to build FFTW library.

But, when I type 'configure' the error pops out as- configure: error: source directory already configured; run "make distclean" there first

But,When I again type 'make distclean' another error pops out: make: *** No rule to make target 'distclean'. Stop.

Pleas provide suggestions on this.

Solution

  • I can't determine your environment, so I only to guess.
    At first, you should execute bootstrap.sh, then execute configure and other make commands.

    EDIT:
    Direct reason is below code in configure. You should try delete config.status and execute bootstrap.sh && ./configure.

    1715  # test to see if srcdir already configured
1716 if test "`cd $srcdir && pwd`" != "`pwd`" &&
1717    test -f $srcdir/config.status; then
1718   { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: source directory already configured; run \"make distclean\" there first" >&5
1719 echo "$as_me: error: source directory already configured; run \"make distclean\" there first" >&2;}
1720    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
1721 fi