On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 14:21, Paul Peterson wrote: > Hello, I have several newbie questions... > > 1) Where is the usual/best place to download software to when installing > tar.gz(s) ot rpm(s)? I've been downloading them to /tmp and then either > using 'rpm -iv' or unzipping/untarring them there. If the latter a new > directory is created from which I run ./configure, make & make install.
I have a /home/download directory I use for this, but it doesn't really matter. I do this so that I have a copy of the file in case I need it again (especially for certain drivers). > 2) I assume rpm places all the installed components where they should be. Is > this a safe assumption? Most likely. > 3) Does the ./configure, make & make install process do the same thing, that > is does it place everything where it suppose to go? Or am I suppose to > unzip/untar the software being installed in thedirectory where it will be > kept? make install usually makes copies of everything into appropriate directories, so the build directory is no longer needed. > 3) How do I know if a piece of software has been installed if I didn't use > rpm to install it? Try to run it? ;) > 4) Once I've done either 1 or 2 above is it okay to remove the installed > software from /tmp? ( I am getting quite a few direcoties in my /tmp and > would like to be sure it's all right to remove them. ) Usually, yes. BTW, a terrific tool for acquiring and upgrading packages on RH is apt. You can obtain it at http://freshrpms.net. After installing apt, you can then do things like: apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get install xine upgrade will bring any installed packages on your PC up to date. install will install the requested package, along with all its dependencies. freshrpms is the primary apt repository but there are many others, some with a special focus (bleeding-edge releases, etc). I use it on all my machines (and have since 7.2). -- Cliff Wells, Software Engineer Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net) (503) 978-6726 x308 (800) 735-0555 x308 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
