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Re: Idiots Guide re compressed files

Rhakios — Wed May 11, 2005 6:06 pm

Author: Rhakios

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 6:06 pm

Such an article might tell you what to do on most occasions, but it can't tell you what to do with all source packages. Some people include an installer, some a special build script, or the package might need qmake or some other procedure. If you read the README and INSTALL files, plus run ./configure --help before attempting compilation, you will normally find out all you need to know.

Re: Idiots Guide re compressed files

towy71 — Wed May 11, 2005 5:36 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 5:36 pm

man make

Re: Idiots Guide re compressed files

ggsinclair — Wed May 11, 2005 4:59 pm

Author: ggsinclair

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 4:59 pm

Yes - just like those ones.

I was thinking of something more along the lines of what is "make" and what does it do?

What do you do when you have unpacked a file?

It doesnt tell you that now does it? No!

Re: Idiots Guide re compressed files

towy71 — Wed May 11, 2005 1:57 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:57 pm

and every previous month for gawd knows how long

Re: Idiots Guide re compressed files

mugstar — Wed May 11, 2005 1:47 pm

Author: mugstar

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:47 pm

Like the one on page 119 of the mag this month?

Idiots Guide re compressed files

ggsinclair — Wed May 11, 2005 1:41 pm

Author: ggsinclair

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:41 pm

Hello!

Would it be possible, at some point, to do an idiots guide to installing files from .tgz, .tar etc?

I have been trying to do this for some time now but have never managed to do it successfully!

Thanks.

Gordon