On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 20:54 +0300, Kumara wrote:
Hi list Could someone tell me how to compile/install packages that comes in tar.gz Ex. I have asterisk tar.gz source file but don't know how to install it. could someone give me steps to go ahead.
I'm fairly familiar installations with rpm packages (but not src.rpm) hope your assistance Mohan
Uh ok did you at the very start of this process actually download a src.rpm? Or did you download a source tarball a file with the *.tar.gz.
If you downloaded a src rpm then the original reply has got your issues all sewn up.
But if you download a source package a file .tar.gz under a link that said like source package then welcome to the wonderful world of compiling from source.
I am so glad you could make it.
make yourself a src dir or something
drag the tarball to the source dir.
Make sure you installed all that development stuff like a compiler (gcc and g++ etc..etc..).
Open up a terminal and cd to your dir.
tar xvzf package_name.tar.gz cd package_name ./configure --prefix=usr make make install
If you want to take the traditional Unix approach don't use the --prefix part but it gets tricky trying to get all the stuff a gnome app for example needs to act right if you don't install it all in the same prefix.
Yes, folks I know that you can give most of those programs the sysconfdir variable I think but I am trying not to overwhelm anyone.