On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote:
> Could someone give me a short course on why it is one executes these steps: > > ./configure as root > make as a user > make install as root > >From what I understand, "configure" is a cross platform tool. It creates a Makefile for your specific flavor of Linux/BSD/etc. "configure" is a script for the "autoconf" tool. "make" parses the Makefile and does the actual compiling. It pulls all of the source files together into the executable. "make install" puts the executable in its final resting place. It installs the software. -- Robert Wohlfarth -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
