On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Ralph Brown wrote about, installing applications (or packages):
> I am learning how to install applications that i have
> downloaded from FTP sites and such. I tried to install an
> application with tar.gz extension, and figured out that i
> had to unzip it.
> when i did, i still could not install it using the Kpackage manager...
> I know this is not a KDE list..is there a standard way i
> can install an application from terminal mode?
> I am thinking to look for RPMs because they are suppose to
> be easier to install??
A tar.gz file should inculde at least;
INSTALL
README
and a lot more.
We read the README and INSTALL to see how we need to "make" and install the
contents.
A typical sinario with a file called pipo.tar/gz would be.
We have the file in /home/ftp/pub/linux/progs
cd /usr/local/src
tar /home/ftp/pub/linux/progs/pipo.tar.gz
cd pipo
less README
If there is no info on howto make and install do;
less INSTALL
Normally it would say;
./configure
make
make install
Or;
make config
make
make install
The documentation should tell you what to do, if it does not then it does
not belong to the Linux way of doing things.
Any fines for wrong information will not be payed by me.
Have a nice one.
> any suggestions?
> thanks!
> --
>
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> Ralph Brown
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> "Why walk with WinDoze when
> keep running with Linux"
> (COL 2.3/ KDE 1.1)
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Regards Richard
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Merry Xmas.
