Thomas Olenio enscribed thusly:
> Hello,
> I recently installed disk sets A and AP of slackware, and I
> have a question. Which set contains the 'make' and
> 'install' so that I can install filename.tar.gz compressed
> files?
Development (d) set?
> Secondly, would I need the entire disk set, or just
> particular packages from the set?
> I am assuming that after uncompressing using tar, I would
> run make and make install on the new package. Is this a
> correct assumption for Slackware?
Hmmm... You sure you want to be using Slackware?
The simple answer is that you are close but will probably have
to run a ./configure for most packages. Read any README or INSTALL files
in the package first for better instructions.
> Thanks,
> Tom
Mike
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