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 might want to type "pico INSTALL", they usually give you steps on how to compile the programs from source :P tis' my 2 cents usually they follow the ./configure make su root password: ****************** make install and you're usually done :P (with exception to kernel's) a good reference is linuxdoc.org ------------------------------------------ Adam Registered Linux User #84252 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vbfx.com