On Fri, 21 May 1999, 1stFlight ! wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I'm still confused when I get a program to install in Redhat linux and
> instead of being in rpm format its in tar format. How do I deal with a
> tar file ? Also could I have the answer in a step by step manner, I'll
> understand it better that way. Thanks!!
First of all, make sure that you have all the "devel" packages you need
installed. Then unzip and untar the package into a temporary directory.
There *should* be an INSTALL or README file explaining the steps
involved in compiling and installing. Read it. In any case, for 95% of
programs, the steps involved are (as root):
./configure
make
make install
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