Enrico Bianco wrote: [snip quoted material]
Firstly, there are three basic steps to installing something from source: 1) ./configure (to configure the build) 2) make (to build the binaries and other related files) 3) make install (to copy the files to their proper places)
Not to pick a nit in your otherwise wonderful response, you left out one little detail. One often must be su to root in order to perform step 3. [snip] Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} This message made from 100% recycled bits. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!