All decent programs these days tend to go something like: ./configure make make install ldconfig When things go well that's about it. When they don't well then it is a lot of digging through libraries and code. ;> *^*^*^* Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sungod robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you? -- Real Genius On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Paul R wrote: > Anybody know where I can find some good documentation on compiling > different sorts of programs from the source-code. I wanna try to > compile and install gaim as my first try. > > -Paul R > > PS (The readme for gaim mentions GTK, I seem to have that on the system > but can't seem to call it up.) > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >