Dum Question

[Suman Chakrabarti]

Ron gives an excellent answer to Gerald below:


>Hi Gerald,
>

[ snip ]

>	tar -xvzf filename.tar.gz
>
>And that will unzip and untar it at the same time. This will leave 
>you with a directory, most likely with the name of the filename of 
>the tar.gz file. Inside that directory will probably be a README and 
>an INSTALL file. You should read those. The INSTALL file will 
>probably instruct you to use the following commands:
>
>	./config
>	make
>	make install
>
>If all goes well, then your new software is installed and ready to use.
>
>-Ron


Clarification, please.

I've seen ./configure scripts (although I haven't yet successfully 
used one on the code I'm trying to install).

Is ./config taking the place of ./configure? Basically, is one 
becoming more preferential to use, or is there any other difference 
to keep in mind? Or are they identical.

		SC


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