On Mon, 06 Sep 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 6 Sep, Rik Osborne wrote:
>
> >>> Can I say something to the developers out there? RPM your packages. Really.
> >>> If it is not RPMmed, I'm not interested in even trying to install it.
> >
> > I'll add my voice to this plea! I'm not a programmer, I have no interest in
> > becoming one. I want to install a complete software package in as few steps
> > as possible, not assemble a pile of parts. In this vein, I'd also like to be
>
> I can't help but put my 2 cents in too. I'm WAY at the bottom of the
> learning curve with Linux but I've managed to install 15-20 software
> packages. In each case I downloaded the source code, used MC to copy
> the the whole thing to /usr/local/src, changed to that new dir and
> typed:
mc is a good program, i'm not knocking it but to achive the same
thing youcan do it in the following manner.
Lets suppose ou ftp'ed a new tarball to
/home/ftp/pub/linux/flipo.tar.gz just leave it where it is.
cd /usr/local/src
tar xzf /home/ftp/pub/linux/flipo.tar.gz
That will untar it in its own directory whatever it is, possably flpo
cd flipo 'less INSTALL' 'less README'
./configure
make
make install
should normaly complete the task.
One of the advantages is that there is no need to move the tar file
from one dir to another and then having to delete it afterwards.
> ../configure
> mmake
> make install
>
> It's the only thing I've found "easy" with Linux so far!
>
> I don't know how it's done with a RPMed package but I don't see how it
> can get any easier?
O thqts easyier, suppose your cdrom is mounted or you have downloaded
a rpm file, go to the dir where the file is, do; rpm -i <filename>
>
> It seems people that have trouble installing software in Linux are
> always missing something that wasn't installed during the install of
> their operating system. I'd blame the Linux distro for that, not the
> software developers.
Slackware for one has in every package a warning that you "will"
'might' or dont real need to install it.
>
> > able to configure an app entirely within that app - without having to dig
> > out a config file.
>
> I've got to agree with this one but I'm not about to complain since I
> haven't paid a DIME for any of the software on my machine and none of
> it has nagged me to "register" it so far!
We seem to share thoughts..
73's
>
>
> --
> Scott Felton
> Slackware Linux
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.k3ir.ampr.org
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Regards Richard
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