"Eric L. Damron" wrote:
> So, If anyone out there can tell me how to install a "tar.gz" file so that I
> don't have to RTFM I would appreciate it!
The problem is that there is no answer to "how to install a .tar.gz
file", because such a file could contain just about anything. In the
case of php 3.0.12, which I've just been working with, here's what I've
done:
mv php-3.0.12.tar.gz /usr/local/src
cd /usr/local/src
tar zxf php-3.0.12.tar.gz
/* this extracts the file's contents */
cd php-3.0.12
./configure
/* here, you need to give it various options, depending on what you
want to do with it. You'll probably need to add --with-mysql,
as I think I remember your saying you wanted to use mysql. Here,
you really do need to RTFM, or be willing to try several times until
it works. */
make
make install
That's the gist of it. The same basic idea will work with most major
source packages any more--extract the package, usually in
/usr/local/src, run ./configure in the package's directory, and then run
make (to compile everything) and make install (to install it). However,
if there's a README file with the package, it'd be a good idea to read
it.
--
Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Since all the world is but a story, it were well for thee to buy the
more enduring story rather than the story that is less enduring"
-- The Judgment of St. Colum Cille
