need help with installing .tar.gz packages that i've downloaded
Manuel Aróstegui
manuel at todo-linux.com
Sun May 11 14:55:51 UTC 2008
El dom, 11-05-2008 a las 16:33 +0200, dannylee escribió:
> hi everybody its me again,
> I've downloaded a .tar.gz package from the internet, and before I downloaded it it said that i only can open it with the archive manager. My problem is; how can i install that package?
> any help please
> -Danny
Most of them, after extracting them (tar zxvf) they have a README or
INSTALL file where everything regarding to the installation is
explained.
As a general rule, the majority of those packages need:
./configure
make
make install
Manuel.
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