Hello, everyone.
Some of you may recall my whining in earlier posts about how I've never been able to build and install anything from source on my Mandrake 9.2 system. Until now, I've been content to use RPMs to install older versions of the softare I want, but it's clear that I will NEVER be proficient in Linux until I've conquered this problem I seem to have with source.
I'm familiar with the whole ./configure-make-make install thing. That's not the problem. Time and again, I end up with errors (lately, with autoconf supposedly not being installed. This is wrong; I _have_ autoconf installed). Source packages are claiming to not be able to find the stuff they need, when I KNOW I have everything necessary installed.
I think the main problem is that I have no clear idea of where to drop my untarred source directories. I've read that they absolutely _must_ be in /usr/src-- and that they _must_ be in /opt/src; or /usr/local/src, or... You get the picture. I haven't been able to get a clear answer to where my sources should live. I've tried them all, and nothing has ever worked. I've read tutorial after tutorial, and all they seem to say is 'unpack the tarball, then cd to the directory, then run ./configure, then...' Unpack _where_?
I know a lot of you get frustrated having to spoon-feed newbies, but this is driving me crazy. If it's all been done before, I'm sorry-- but can someone please walk me through this step-by-step? (Again, this is on Mdk 9.2.) Let's say I have source package n00bsource-1.0.0.tar.gz. Where do I unpack it, and what should I be doing to make sure that the thing will successfully build, install, and run?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated-- I _think_ that this is my last real obstacle to getting the most out of Linux. Thanks very much in advance.
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