On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 03:41:39PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I can start gnome-session, then mount CDROM #4 from 6 disk set, and then find > the .gz and .dsc files. But that's as far as I can get. Which debian > install untility will work with these packages? I could try to do it from > command line if that would help. If I click on a .tar.gz file the Olde M$h*t > way in the Gnome File Manager, the source code will display as text, but no > install program gets initiated. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Normally one could just untar and unzip the file tar -xvzf someprogramv1.2.3.tar.gz (Be careful, the above will normally put the files contained therein in their own subdirectory, but I have had programs that expand a bunch of files into the current directory. There is an option that you can specify to tar that will only show you the filenames contained in an archive `man tar` for details) Next you need to configure the source code to understand the platform it will be compiled under, also you may want to override some options like put everything in /usr instead of /usr/local. You will need to read the docs that come with the archive but the following is usually the first thing I try: ./configure --help This has to be run from the top level of the uncompressed archive. Next you need to compile everything: make The configure script will detect and setup everything in the 'Makefile'. If done properly, typing make is usually sufficient, if more is necessary the docs with the program will indicate such. Next you need to install the binaries in the appropriate place: make install Lather, rinse, repeat! As a general rule, though, use the debian package that accomplishes whatever you are looking for. This will make your life a lot easier. If you need more help, next time try RTFM ;) -> Wes -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wesley Wannemacher Instructor / Network Administrator University of Northwestern Ohio http://www.unoh.edu/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- I dunno, I dream in Perl sometimes... -- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --
