--- James Sinnamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running 'testing' and am considering changing to 'unstable'. > > In any case, does this site give me any clues about how to go about > building non-Debian applications from source archives? > > ... or do I just try to run ./configure, then make etc, as normally > instructed within the package documentation?
Why are you compiling it? Either way, you'll need to ensure that you have: build-essential installed. Then it is simply (ha!) a case of: ./configure [--options] && make && su -c 'make install' [--options] to ./configure is optional -- it depends how rich a feature-set you want. "make install" must be run as root. But unless you have a reason not to, I suggest using .deb packages whenever you can. Does that help? -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
