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.
