Compiling can be a daunting task for newcomers to Linux who are used to installing things. It's not as hard as it looks. First, you need to see if the program you are compiling came with a configure file - if so, you type "./configure" at the linux console to configure the program to get it ready for compiling. Second, after that step, you type "make" to compile the source code and get it to run. Some programs also require a "make install" after this step, you should check the documentation that came with the program to see if this is a required step. Compiling can take a while, depending on how many files the compiler's putting together. Most of the time it takes about a minute, but it can be longer, especially if you compile the Linux kernel by hand. Jared eran wrote on 4/9/2005, 12:19 AM: > Hello, > I am a new comer to Linux. So I haven't clear idea even how to > request > a help from the others. My first questing is how to compile a C++ source > code in Linux. > Thanks. > Eran. > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
