hiya, On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 10:40:52AM -0500, alex wrote: > Here's my procedure prior to ./configure > > 1. Download the tar package to /home/downloads > 2. cd /home/downloads > 3. tar -vzxf tarpackage > 4. ls (to make sure the untarred package is in /home/downloads) > 5. cd package > 6. ./configure > > With some downloaded tar packages, the procdure works fine but > with some I get the response that there's no such file or > directory.
this is a very package-specific process. some programs have a configure script with a different name (like config), and others don't have one at all, and others yet may expect you to do other stuff before running 'make'. my best advice is to look for a file called INSTALL (or failing that, README) in the extracted directory, which should have specific instructions to follow. then again, if the package already exists in debian, i'd reccommend installing with apt-get instead, as it will be easier to upgrade and/or remove later on. hth --sean
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