%% "PATTON, BILLY \(SBCSI\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
pb> How do I compile make and get a tarball for installation? Here
pb> the people do not do compiles, just installations. They expect a
pb> tar ball that can be installed, not compiled. I am not able to
pb> install after compile.
I'm not sure what they are expecting. But, you can make a tarball
easily enough. Suppose you want to build GNU make to be installed in
the /foo/bar directory (so, /foo/bar/bin/make, /foo/bar/info/make.texi,
etc.)
Do something like this:
tar xzf make-3....tar.gz
cd make-...
./configure --prefix=/foo/bar
make
make check
rm -rf /tmp/foo
make install DESTDIR=/tmp
cd /tmp
tar cvf make...tar foo
Give them make...tar
The contents of the DESTDIR variable are added to the destination path
of every installed file, so instead of installing it into /foo/bar it
will install into $(DESTDIR)/foo/bar
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