Why don the makefiles work?
You need GNU’s make program version 3.7 or later, and you need to run the runConfigureICU script, which is located in the icu/source directory. You may be using a platform that ICU does not support. If the first two answers do not apply to you, then you should send an e-mail to the ICU4C Support List . Here are some places you can find gmake • Main Source: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ • Sun® Source/Binaries: http://www.sunfreeware.com • z/OS (OS/390) Source/Binaries: http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1ty1.html#opensrc • IBM i (OS/400) Source/Binaries:http://www.ibm.com/servers/enable/site/porting/iseries/overview/gnu_utilities.html Due to differences in every platform’s make program, we will not support other versions of our make files.
You need GNU’s make program version 3.8 or later, and you need to run the runConfigureICU script, which is located in the icu/source directory. You may be using a platform that ICU does not support. If the first two answers do not apply to you, then you should send an e-mail to the ICU4C Support List . Here are some places you can find gmake • Main Source: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ • Sun® Source/Binaries: http://www.sunfreeware.com • z/OS (OS/390) Source/Binaries: http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1ty1.html#opensrc • IBM i (OS/400) Source/Binaries:http://www.ibm.com/servers/enable/site/porting/iseries/overview/gnu_utilities.html Due to differences in every platform’s make program, we will not support other versions of our make files.