installing tar.gz

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installing tar.gz

Postby trash » 24 Oct 2004, 23:17

sorry for the silly question, i know it was posted already somewhere but i can't seem to find it.... what are the standard prefix's to use?

I'm about to install libgphoto2, so if anybody knows of any issues i'd like to hear em:)
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Postby trash » 25 Oct 2004, 01:08

1. tar xvzf foo.tar.gz
2. cd foo
3. ./configure
4. make
5. make installl



finally found it. :wink:
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Postby soup4you2 » 25 Oct 2004, 14:42

1. tar xvzf foo.tar.gz
2. cd foo
2.5 more README
3. ./configure
4. make
5. make installl
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Postby trash » 25 Oct 2004, 15:08

thanks!

thats a step i've forgotten before.
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Postby StarKnight83 » 25 Oct 2004, 16:44

I just posted the first howto in the faq lists; it has a little more advanced section on compiling from source
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Postby trash » 26 Oct 2004, 01:30

thanks everybody!

Is there a procedure to removing failed installs or even installs that worked or is it just a matter of hunting down all of the installed files and deleting them?
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Postby StarKnight83 » 26 Oct 2004, 03:09

as root "make uninstall"
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