I don't think you need to be a programmer, usually the following works for me to install from source:
tar -xvzf tarball.tar.gz cd tarball ./configure --help ./configure --options=enabled --other_options=disabled make make install Normally one can also start by taking a gander at the README file (RTFM). For PHP in particular, I used something close to the following for the configure command: ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-apxs --with-mysql --enable-track-vars --enable-magic-quotes --enable-trans-sid This should do it. /Wes Wesley A. Wannemacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Instructor, Network Administrator University of Northwestern Ohio http://www.unoh.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean 'Shaleh' Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 1:46 PM > To: Benj > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: Ok, please tell me how to install a package without the > dpkg > > > > On 28-Nov-2000 Benj wrote: > > Hi, > > don't ask me why, but I can't use anymore anything > related to the dpkg / > > apt-get system. > > > > I will have to install everything I want manually from > the source :/ > > So please tell me how, since I really have no clue how to > do it. Here is an > > example of What I want to do. > > > > if you do not know what you are doing, installing things > from source will just > be more of a headache. To properly compile and install > things, you really > should know how to program, how a system works, etc. >
