On Sunday 14 Sep 2003 6:41 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > 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.
IME, only the "make install" needs to be done as root. In fact it's bad to build the package as root, because that will leave root owning all the intermediate files. I notice there's a src.rpm on the website. I've never used one, but might this be a better way to go? -- Richard Urwin
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