On 5 August 2010 08:14, balaji sivanath <[email protected]> wrote: > can anyone tell detail about the 3rd point > > On 8/5/10, Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc >
Balaji, Kenneth is saying that you should post your reply below the quoted text. Just as we have all done. Please follow it when replying in future. Thanks. -- Bhargav Prasanna "Linux - Because x64 is a terrible thing to waste" _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
