Dumb Question: Installing new version of Kopete

[Jo O'Connor]

On Thursday 02 September 2004 17:07, you wrote:
> Am Do, den 02.09.2004 schrieb Jo O'Connor um 17:59:
> > I have the new version of Kopete that I want to install.  Kopete.kde.org
> > have instructions of the form:
> >
> > When you run the configure script, here's the recommended command for
> > getting it right:"./configure --prefix=`kde-config --prefix`"
> >
> > I'm assuming I need to untar into the Kopete directory, and the tar will
> > contain a configure script, but need help figuring out which directory to
> > go to.
> >
> > J
>
> No, untar the tarball i.e. into /var/tmp/, not into any directory with
> running programs. Then inside the deflated source you have a configure
> script. Run it with the --prefix set as instructed above. Read in
> addition the install information from embedded READ and/or INSTALL
> files.
>
> Alexander
Many thanks - did the trick nicely.  Life was so much easier when all I used 
was the terminal and none of this lovely GUI stuff.

Cheers

Jo