> > Yes , I have downloaded emacs-23.tar.gz file from emacs's site and I > also downloaded a file with .sig extension . >
The sig file is a "signature" file to check that the download was correct, but let's forget about it for now. > > Where will I have to uncompress the archive that I have downloaded ? , > Can it be 'anywhere' in the file system or is there a specific directory > in which I got to uncompress it ? . > Anywhere you want. > > What does this build-essential package do , I ran > 'apt-cache show build-essential' in terminal to read the brief > description of what the package does but unforunately I am not able > understand what it says . > You probably know that the programs are written in a code. That code needs to be "cooked" to produce an usable program. This is called to compile. The build-essential provide the tools needed to compile. Mu. _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
