[WBEL-users] [ WHITEBOX] Installing software from source?
Vic
whitebox at beer.org.uk
Thu Oct 27 16:41:17 CDT 2005
> I'd like to get skilled at installing software from source.
>
> Typically what I've done in the past is download a .tgz,
> tar zxf,
> confifigure --prefix /opt/local,
> make
> make install
Look for a package called "checkinstall". It's very good.
You end up with a sequence something like:
./configure
checkinstall "make && make install"
Answer a few questions, and a shiney new RPM package appears :-)
HTH
Vic.
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