On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 22:55, JoeHill wrote: > On 14 Jul 2003 23:41:39 -0500 > Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > I did install the update from a source tarball. But where do I install > > it then? And where do I execute ldconfig? You have to remember that > > I'm quite new to Linux (sorry ;p). > > Heh. Like I say, if yer installing glib from source, yer way ahead of > some of the dunderheads around here...wait, did I just say that out > loud?! > > When you install from a source tarball, in my experience you want to do > it a bit differently for critical libraries like glib and such, because > Mandrake tends to put them in non-standard locations (I think *good* > ones, but that's another flame war). > > Instead of just ./configure, do ./configure --prefix=/usr > (this is for glib). > > To execute ldconfig (and updatedb, just to be sure), su to root in your > fav terminal and simply run the commands. > > su root > > enter password for root > > updatedb (go get a coffee) > > ldconfig > > then try installing Pango from the source packages and report back! > > The main thing to keep in mind is if you keep track of what you are > doing, and don't, repeat *don't* delete the source packages once you > install, you can always uninstall, go back, and start over. > > Ya, it's not like installng Kazaa on Windows, I'll give ya that.
Awesome. It seems that worked out well; Pango found glib and continued to install whatever it needed to do. I used the prefix when I was configuring Pango, also if this is needed? And what do updatedb and ldconfig actually do? See, usually when I run ./configure and make and all of those commands, it'd show me where everything is being put, right? Well, if this was the case of say a lib (glib) and I tried to install another package that depended on that lib, it'd fail to install because I wouldn't know where to point the installation at/where the library was actually installed. Should I always point the libs at -prefix=/usr? Or should this be the only case for small applications and so?
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