Read the INSTALL file. It says to do "./configure; make; make install".
My experience has been that _most_ linux src I download comes with
sufficient instructions on compiling/installing the program. That's not
to say that I've never come across poorly documented programs (such as spf
~ aarrg!). A good tip would be to read the README and INSTALL files and
if there aren't any try a quick web search on the program - that usually
helps me out.
Good Luck,
Paul W
On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, csmith wrote:
>
> group
> I went to http://violet.ibs.com.au/openssh/ and clicked on the Linux
> link to ftp.opendsd.org/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/openssh-1.2.2.tgz I have
> downloaded and expanded this file on my machine,
> /downloads/openssh-tar/ssh I have run across something a little
> disorenting there is a makefile in each directory created after the
> file is expanded ( assuming I were to install this thing am I supposed
> to run make on every directory??) as is typical of most Linux programs
> ther are many assumption and few if any directions on how to set up the
> program. I doen't even know if this reailly is a linux version of what I
> want, I just followed the links
>
> man make doesn't say anything about this type of situation.
>
> Typical Linux little if any documentation and hours of research to
> simply install a program.
>
> any insight is appriciated
>
>
>
> chris
>
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