how to install using tar ie rabbitmq-server-4.2.1.tar.xz

[mom1705]

somehow make install doesnt even get hit. I see below errors while doing make ( do I need to run configure ?) or make and make install are enough. Erlang 27.0 is installed prior to this
APP cowboy^M
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)^M
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).^M
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)^M
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).^M
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)^M
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).^M
fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)^M
Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).^M
GEN rebar.config^M
make[4]: Leaving directory '/tmp/rabbitmq-server-4.2.1/deps/cowboy'^M
make[4]: Entering directory '/tmp/rabbitmq-server-4.2.1/deps/rabbitmq_web_dispatch'^M
DEPEND rabbitmq_web_dispatch.d^M

[lukebakken]

You're missing a lot of important information:

• Operating system and version.
• Exact Erlang version (is it really 27.0)?
• A FULL, un-edited transcript of ALL commands you are running, including those to download artifacts or clone a repository, AND their output.

[mom1705]

RHEL 8.10
Erlang is 27.0
and I did make && make install and wated to use installed ( or any place from where I can cp) bin ie rabbitmqctl, rabbitmq-diagnostics etc

[michaelklishin]

@mom1705 we will not guess what exactly you are trying to do, in what environment, and what happens.

Those who are looking to build RabbitMQ from source can look straight at the infrastructure that produces our binary packages, which is all open source, as well as the build environment images.

Do do not guess in this community.

[mom1705]

Can you pls help me compile latest rabbitmq-server? I have picked up 4.2.1 and installed erlang 27.0 /usr/bin/erl --version Erlang/OTP 27 [erts-15.0] [source] [64-bit] [smp:10:10] [ds:10:10:10] [async-threads:1] [jit:ns] and my system is RHEL 8.10 from redhat. I was doing usual make and make install ( after picking 7z from wget https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2409-linux-x64.tar.xz).

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[michaelklishin]

@mom1705 no, we can't. But our release infrastructure and actual build environment images are open source, so please take it from here.

[michaelklishin]

4.2.1 is not the latest release, and 4.2.3 should ship this week.