Steps 4 is not always necessary depending on the installer. Overall though that is the general practice.
Configure - is the first step in for installing a program from the source. This means it will be compiled and installed on your system without using any package management system. Basically it sets up the install script for your machine. checks that you have the right compilers, components, etc Here is some info on make, make install http://tldp.org/LDP/LG/current/smith.html On 11/20/06, Roger Rustad <[email protected]> wrote:
I hate to admit this, but I really don't know much about installing unix stuff "the old way" Here's how I understand and do it: 1. untar the file: tar xfvz fileName.tar.bz 2. go to that dir: cd fileName 3. install the program: configure / make install / make clean (this is where it gets fuzzy, I never fully understand what these do) 4. put the file in my (in Windows terms) current "environmental path": mv fileName ~/bin (I've gotten really dependent on the package tools, such as apt-get, emerge, pkgtool, rpm, etc) _______________________________________________ 909linux mailing list [email protected] http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux
