So you end up doing an RPM install over the source install you just completed?
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Mauro Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Regarding checkinstall, I used it for years, and it saves a lot of work. > > Install it, and use it to create a RPM package. > Do the normal way to extract, configure and make the sourcecode, then use > checkinstall to create the rpm: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/whatever-source-dir# ./configure && make && > checkinstall > make install > > This will create a RPM file somewhere (checkinstall will say where the file > is, usually somewhere under /usr/src/RPMS). So you can go there and issue > the rpm -Uvh command. > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Shockley, Gerard C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > We have been running nthe for years on linux on system z. > > > > Never any problems. > > > > Gerard > > > > >> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> nthe -help > > > > THE 3.3B1 10-July-2006 Copyright 1991-2006 Mark Hessling. All rights > > reserved. > > THE is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License > > and comes with NO WARRANTY. See the file COPYING for details. > > > > Usage: > > > > nthe [-h?nmrsbq] [-p profile] [-a profile_arg] [-l line_num] [-c > > col_num] [-w width] [-u display_length] [-k[fmt]] [[dir] [file [...]]] > > > > where: > > > > -h,-? show this message > > -n do not execute a profile file > > -m force display into mono > > -r run THE in read-only mode > > -s turn off signal trapping (Unix only) > > -b run in batch mode > > -q run quietly in batch > > -k[fmt] allow Soft Label Key display and set format > > -l line_num specify line number to make current > > -c column_num specify column number to make current > > -p profile filename of profile file > > -a profile_arg argument(s) to profile file (only with Rexx) > > -w width maximum width of line (default 512) > > -u display_length display length in non-line mode > > [dir [file [...]]] file(s) and/or directory to be edited > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> uname -a > > Linux xxxx 2.6.5-7.282-s390x #1 SMP Tue Aug 29 10:40:40 UTC 2006 s390x > > s390x s390x GNU/Linux > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Mark Pace > > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:35 AM > > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: Re: Regina and/of THE (The Hessling Editor) install? > > > > And what about THE which is strictly source and not and RPM. There is > > no SPEC file for it. > > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Neale Ferguson > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > Or just cd /usr/src/packages/SPECS and rpmbuild -bb <filename>.spec > > > > > > That way you get an RPM you can install and keep track of. (This > > > assumes there's no special platform specific processing required.) > > > > > > On 8/11/08 8:48 AM, "Mark Pace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I went to the Regina site and downloaded the source RPM - > > > > Regina-REXX-3.4-1.src.rpm Use RPM to install the source rpm -Evh > > > > Regina-REXX-3.4-1.src.rpm This > > > will > > > > create > > > > /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/Regina-REXX-3.4.tar.gz > > > > cd to that directory > > > > tar -xzf Regina-REXX-3.4.tar.gz - this will create > > > > /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/Regina-3.4 - this is the source directory > > > > cd to that directory ./configure make make install > > > > > > > > For rexx - download THE-3.3B3.tar.gz > > > >> From /usr/src/packages/SOURCES untar THE-3.3B3.tar.gz > > > > this will create /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/THE-3.3B3 > > > > cd to that directory > > > > ./configure --with-rexx=regina --with-ncurses make make install > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark Pace > > Mainline Information Systems > > 1700 Summit Lake Drive > > Tallahassee, FL. 32317 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > > visit > > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > > -- > Mauro > http://mauro.limeiratem.com - registered Linux User: 294521 > Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > -- Mark Pace Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
