I was wondering

[Tobey Wheelock]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 10:16:49PM -0700, John Dennis wrote:
> I was wondering how to install an application after downloading it. 


Usually, it's enough to
0) cd to the directory you downloaded to
1) unpack it (tar -zxvf application-name.tar.gz or 
tar -jxvf application-name.tar.bz2)
2) cd to the newly created directory (cd application-name)
3) ./configure
4) make
5a) su                       OR    5) sudo make install
5b) make install

If make gives you "command not found", do a whereis make and use the
full path, e.g. /usr/bin/make.

Tobey