I have RHL 6.1 installed. I have numerous programs as tars and I don't
have the RPMs. For installing tars, I copy it to some directory and run
'tar xvzf filename.tar.gz'. This extracts the files and stores it in some
directory. I follow the INSTALL instructions which generally involve
running the following:
./configure
make
make install
I do all these. But I don't know if an installation was successful or not.
If successful, how to start these programs ? If unsuccessful, will
deleting the newly created directory undo all the changes that were brought
about by running tar, configure, make and make install ? If not, how to
undo these changes. And if I find the program unsatisfactory, how do I
uninstall it ? And lastly, how to upgrade a program. Is the procedure as
simple as it is with RPMs.
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