On Sunday 14 September 2003 03:04 pm, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > I attempted to install BibleTime from an rpm designed for > mdk9.1 because they had none for 9.0 (which I am running). I > recieved several failed dependancies. I was able to get an > answer from them and was told I would probably need to compile > it from a source code. > > I have never done this but I guess I should learn if I am > going to be running Linux. I would appreciate it if someone > could kinda walk me through it since I really have no clue as > to where to begin. > > Here is the directory for the downloads: > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=954 > > For starters, do I need the source .bz2 or the source .gz (or > does it really matter?) > > Thanks > Russ
The compressed format doesn't matter. If you use Konqueror as a file manager, just right-click a compressed file and choose something like *extract here*. This will create a directory within the actual directory i.e. /Home/russ/bibletime. Within that directory you'll probably find a file named *configure*. Now, first of all, make sure you have the *development* packages installed, especially gcc (the GNU C Compiler - assuming Bibletime is written in C). Then, download a platform-independent version of the program, extract it as described and go into that directory. Read the *README* and *other help files* files. Normally, all you have to do now, is to issue the command (as root) : *./configure* (if the program is well-written this will figure out how your box is set up). Watch the progress. If everything is O.K., then issue the command : *make*. Finally, issue the command : *install* or *make install* according to the *README* file. HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.1 kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk Sent to you from a 100 % MicroSCOft-free computer.
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