On Fri, 30 May 2003 01:37:14 +0100 Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There are two basic ways to compile an app. > In the first you start off with a 'tarball' (A .tar.gz compressed file) > containing the source code. You run ./configure to configure it for your > environment, and then 'make' to compile it, and 'make install' to install it. > That sounds easy, but during the configure stage it will check you have all > the correct development libraries installed, and it can take some time to > track them all down. (They will almost always be on your CDs) The other issue > is that anything installed this way will not show up in the package database > which can cause confusion when you add/upgrade packages later. Really? I thought checkinstall made rpms of these tarballs, and then installed them. Once you've installed checkinstall, then just run TWO commands: ./configure, and checkinstall (as root). That's all! John Drouhard -- Fri May 30 16:09:00 UTC 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------- They told me to install Windows 98 or better, so I installed Linux. Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001
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