On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 05:01:50PM -0600, Randy Cassingham wrote:
> The README gives great step-by-step instructions for installing the
> software, except it doesn't start soon enough! I'm a *nix newbie;
> I have root access on my server (dangerous, but not as dangerous as
> someone ELSE having it! ;-) -- but I don't know where to download
> the tar.gz file TO to start.
Well, if you're running Red Hat Linux, I recommend downloading and
installing the rpm from the spamassassin page. There's also a deb
there if you're running debian.
If you really need to, you can install from the tarball, but there's
probably a better way (ie rpm or deb) to do it. If you install from
the tarball, it doesn't really matter where you put it. The most
common thing to do is
1) download it to your regular user's home dir (or /tmp),
2) unpack it there with "tar -xzf <file>",
3) cd into the directory,
4) run "make"
5) su to root (by running "su")
6) run "make install"
7) stop being root (by doing an "exit" or ctrl-d)
8) test
9) delete the tarball and unpacked directory
You might want to spend some time reading about the wonders of package
management, though :)
-Michael
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