----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Stern" <subscribed-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 5:14 PM Subject: Re: Mistake installing programs? -Beginner- > On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:59:49 -0500, "Bradley (FC2 List)" > <FedoraList@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >I think I may have made a mistake installing some programs. > >Not knowing that some programs were available and should be installed from > >Add/Remove Applications, I installed some programs with targz files. I put > >them in a folder, home/user/downloads/ and installed from there. > > Does this mean that they are running from there and are in the wrong > >place, or do they install themselves in the proper directories? > >I am trying to install development tools so I can have gdesklets but can't > >do that now because some apps are missing even though yum says they are > >installed. The programs that Add/Remove Appilcations can't find are > >cyrus-sasl, libuser, and xorg-x11-libs. > > > >Also, I keep getting errors to adjust my PKG_CONFIG_PATH but can't seem to > >find it. Can someone tell me where to look? I'm not really sure what it is. > > > > > > Typically, a tar.gz download extracts into a directory from which you do a > "make" followed by a "make install". The latter puts the programs into the > "right" locations like /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/sbin, etc. > Afterwards, you can remove the extracted directory. I then put the .tar.gz > files into a "installs" directory. > > For the others, try opening a terminal windows, su'ing to root, and using > > up2date cyrus-sasl > > > > -- > Steve Thanks for the help. up2date also says the the packages are updated even though the Add/Remove Applications says they aren't there. b
