On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 07:31 +0530, balaji sivanath wrote: > i want to install softwares which i have downloaded as > zip,tar.gz,tar.bz formats, i came to know ./configure then make then > install to be used to install those stuffs,but this is not working in > all packages, how to install those packages then another question > what's the difference between those formats
1. unpack them - unzip, tar -xvzf, bunzip2 etc 2. read the file called README or the file called INSTALL. Mainly for C packages it will be ./configure, make, make install. For python it would be python setup.py install 3. if you have easy_install on python you need not even download or unpack the file - just use easy_install <packagename> -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
