On 04Apr2006 13:36, Joao Paulo Pires <198mdk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | Thanks for your answer. | I'm a end user for FC4. The real problem I have is each time I want try some | program from CDs ou DVDs from magazines, they advise to install with './ | configure' and 'make install'. Is there any other possibility? Sure. For many packages prebuilt binaries exist in yum repositories. Try "yum install the-package-name" first. It may be that you need to activate extra yum repositories beyond those shipped in FC5. For example the "extras" repository which is probably shipped but not activated; look at the .repo files in /etc/yum.repo.d and examine the "enabled" line. There are also third party repositories; I am using the rpmforge. Start here: http://rpmforge.net/user/faq/ However, still not all packages are present. Some can only be installed from source, which is the ./configure and make path you have been using. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ This calls for a really stupid and futile gesture. - Strayhorn
