On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 2:43 AM, Ed Flecko <edfle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sure, that makes sense. > > So, I guess it's an individual preference, but if you're going to > install from source...you're probably going to be scratching your head > a whole lot more! > > Wrong! You simply did ignore a lot of things. Next time you want to install anything from source, make sure that you read the INSTALL/README/* literature that comes packed with the source. Once you do that, you should be able to see whether you need to run `configure` with options or to first bootstrap the source. Then you should read the various options to `configure`. An easier way of doing that is to run ./configure --help > build.sh Look at that file named build.sh (you can name it anything you want, btw) and edit the various options in there to your preference, according to the way you understand them, and want your app to behave. Many a times you will need to create a user and a group under which the app should run, and this is while taking into consideration how the app will integrate with other apps, e.g. clamav and the MTA. That is what I always do whenever installing from source. You will always find a build.sh that I create myself for reuse with that app and which I always forget to edit sometimes as options are changed across versions and which has always bitten me so badly at times. That is why you're better off using the ports to install applications. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
