On 11/10/05, gb spam <gbofspam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/9/05, Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This is a simple technical question, but I can't seem to find an answer. When > > compiling from source, is it OK to sudo for the make install, or do I need to > > su - I remember reading something about root's path environments not being > > fully in place when sudo'ing - do I have that completely wrong? > > "su -" is not required, i've always done: > > su -c 'make install' > > so sudo should not present any problems > I would also advise you to check out checkinstall: http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ RPM's just make life easier... -- Tarjei
