Re: Installing software to SuSe

From: Mark Jones (sinanju_at_pacifier.com)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:20:02 -0700

Chris Cole wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 07:52:46 +0000, Edward LeBaron wrote:
>
>
>> Looks like you downloaded the source code. When you install
>> applications, you should look for binaries, rpm's. Try to find rpms made
>> specifically for SuSE. If you download them I believe SuSE linux will
>> install them if you click on them. You may have to install some other
>> rpm's to get it to work. The package installer will tell you if you do.
>> You can go to www.rpmfind.net or, better yet, the SuSE Linux website, to
>> get them.
>>
>>
> For many, smaller programs the source code is all you get. They are
> usually packaged in 'tarballs'; files that end in .tar.gz . These files
> are a crompressed collection of files required for installation (a bit
> like a winzip archive).
>
> When you get a program's source from the tarball by doing a 'tar xzvf
> foo.tar.gz' (see man tar for more details) a new directory will be created
> with all you need in it. However, before you can use it you need to
> compile it (see the readme for what to do, you should already everything
> you need on the system). The finished program can be then be put/installed
> anywhere you want.
> HTH

Thanks for the info. Between Edward explaining that I downloaded source
code and your description of how to deal with it, I may get this worked out
yet.

I appreciate the help!

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