new user using cgminer on linux

[Noruka]

hello everyone,
I have been mining bitcoins for awhile on my windows machine and ASIC miner and i just purchased a litecoin machine so i could start doing some litecoin mining on linux. I am having a huge problem and i cannot figure out why it is.

I am following CryptoBadgers guide somewhat since alot of it is older information. I am also on Xubuntu 13.10. When i get to the scrypt making i want to bypass that and just run the program for now....but i cant seem to properly install it.

https://forum.litecoin.net/index.php/topic,2635.0.html

i have installed the latest AMD drivers and when i run an aitconfig --adapter=all --odgt they display with temps so i know its not a driver problem.

I can also run fgl_glxgears and it works flawless

i tried downloading the .build CGminer current file as instructed in the guide but after compiling it with the jar jxvf command i cannot open cgminer at all

I even tried downloading the regular 3.8.2 file from the cgminer site and running ./configure, make and make
 install commands i still cannot open the program. It even completes but i still cant run it.

i even followed this guide http://www.distrogeeks.com/install-cgminer-latest-ubuntu/
i got all the dependies and AMD-APP-SDK but every time i make-install a cgminer file i get nothing when i type cgminer in CD.

Does anyone have an idea of why i can't seem to go through the whole process of compiling CGMiner but i cannot run the program? I always have the option of picking up a small HDD at the store and just putting windows on this machine to mine with but i really want to keep my litecoin miners in Linux if i can help it.

any help would be appreciated. Also please remember that i literally started learning linux yesterday. If anyone has a good guide link that can direct a brand new Ubuntu user correctly for CGMiner i would greatly appreciate it. thanks

[-ck]

cgminer no longer supports mining scrypt, aka litecoin

[digitalindustry]

 I always have the option of picking up a small HDD at the store and just putting windows on this machine to mine with but i really want to keep my litecoin miners in Linux if i can help it.

Stop !

Dont ever go back to windows that breaks all sorts of ethical and moral laws.

As per ckol~ just said , he should know , you are talking to the man there,  thats the dude that wrote the code .

It would be silly to be compiling 3.8.x  lots of people are using 3.0.x or 3.1.1...

Anyhow start by giving the good community here some errors , in Linux (unlike many other systems) the errors are meaningful and will help you.

And help us help you . Im a learner also ...

So lets start with you done a git clone etc....

Or lets start with how did you get cgminer ?

[dupee419]

i'm using 3.6.4 and it compiles nicely.

try entering ./cgminer in terminal