Re: How to install
Re: How to install
- Subject: Re: How to install
- From: magenta <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 10:18:41 -0800
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:07:56AM -0800, Elbarbari Sohail wrote:
> Ho w do Install unix applications? can I install Linux applications, or other Unix base.
>
> what is the procedure starting from downloading up to typing the name in terminal?
>
> these are the steps I do, but it only worked in one code
>
> 1- download the tar, and extract which is done by OSX
>
> 2- go to the download directory in terminal and type ./configure (only one download had this file in the extracted files)
>
> 3- then in the same directory type make install
>
> 4- go to the usr/local and the file should be there
>
> Please tell me if those steps are right and what you suggest
That is correct if you like to micro-manage your installed applications and
don't care about a variety of portability issues. For people who have
better things to do, go to http://fink.sf.net/ :)
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