RE: How to install
RE: How to install
- Subject: RE: How to install
- From: "Mothra" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 10:34:05 -0800
Provided there is a configure file for the app you are compiling you are
almost there.
1. download & extract source
(example if your gonna compile GAIM then extract it to a folder in your home
directory called /gaim)
2. cd source directory (in this example: ~/gaim)
3. ./configure
4. make
5. make install
Your files are not always going to be in /usr/local, it depends on the
location specified in the configure script.
Also, some apps do not use ./configure. The CVS Gaim source being a fine
example. It uses an ./autogen.sh script instead which runs ./configure for
you among other things.
As always read the README and INSTALL files that come with the source code.
These are your best friends when it comes to compiling an app..
I would suggest reading up a little more on compiling before you jump into
it..
Plenty of helpful *nix sites out there for it..
-----Original Message-----
From: email@hidden
[mailto:email@hidden]On Behalf Of Elbarbari Sohail
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:08 AM
To: email@hidden
Subject: How to install
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
thanks
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