Thanks again, Joe and Peter and I think there's another fellow named Steve. I appreciate it and now that I know how to do them, I probably won't have to--which is fine by me. There's better things to be doing! Like checking out security issues on Suse next!
John On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 13:22 +0100, peter wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Joe Sloan schrieb: > > | John B Pace wrote: > |> You are dealing with an older dummy here, but too old! I'm wanting to > |> know if there is a way to install tarballs properly in Suse. To an > |> extent each version of linux I have tried are different, but in each I > |> have found it impossible to install a tarball. Thanks! John > > | The installation of a program from a tarball is a fairly standard drill > | in any linux distro, typically a few steps: > > | tar -xvf program.tar > | cd program > | ./configure > | make > | make install > > An alternative "sudo checkinstall" will create a binary rpm for the > future and for the uninstall. > Checkinstall package need to be installed. > On crappy tarballs you might need to do 'sudo make install' before > evoking 'checkinstall'. > > Also most configure scripts shows its options when evoking > './configure --h' > and most packages contains a readme file as well. > > For the important tarballs I also create a spec file and thus create a > source rpm for future compilations. There is also a KRPMbuilder as > support your work on spec files. I'm not that brilliant packager though. > > However there is not much on SUSE I need to compile myself. > I always check with http://packages.opensuse-community.org/ > before downloading and compiling a tarball or I just use its CLI equivalent. > > There is probably a billion further aspects I'm not aware of, but its ok > for a n00b like me. > > @Joe > Sorry to replay your replay but I wanted to keep your and my info together. > - -- > All the best, Peter J. N. > aedon DESIGNS > http://www.hochzeitsbuch.info > http://www.hochzeitsbuch.selfip.com > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHlI5wh8q3OtgoGAwRArCPAJ0aMIfUzowIKx1oXmqdJtOH6GVSmQCfegwF > aofL4NnlzsjOE0TyN81vSM4= > =eve7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
