I was wondering

[mascarasnake]

On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 07:06, Tobey Wheelock wrote:
> 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
> 
> Sounds so simple, don't it? ;)
> 
> Is it important to run the 
> 	./config
> 	make
> 
> part as user, then switch to root to make?
> I've been running the whole process as root. (although the attempts I have made 
> thus far are missing libraries and such, I think.
> 
> 
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