[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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