Normally, if you were to install source code you would follow these steps:

As your normal user:

- download the .tar.gz tarball
- Type tar zxvf foo.tar.gz to untar/zip it
- cd foo to change into the new directory
- Read the documentation, such as README, INSTALL, etc. 
- Run the ./configure script (if necessary - the documentation will tell you).

Then, once everything is done, become root using su command and type

make install

Poof!

-Chris


On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> 
> well how can i fix this
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 13-Sep-00 20:54:06 Central Daylight Time, 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> 
> << Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>  
>  > how do i install files that i need for my computer, they arent rpms, but i 
>  > need them installed and i cant find the install command in linux, the 
> readme 
>  > file that came with it says to use "make install" but linux says there is 
> no 
>  > such command, so what am i supposed to use???
>  
>  If your system doesn't have the make command the install is seriously
>  incomplete. 
>   >>
> 
> 

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