On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 10:33:39PM +0530, Vikas wrote:
> I want to compile the kernel and all the dependicies in "doc/Changes"
> point to tar.gz files.
> There are many and one of them in libcX, atumount, psmisc etc. How to
> install these tarGZ files. If they were RPM files I could do " -ivh" but
> what about these tar.gz files?
You'll have to build and install each of the dependencies separately,
i.e. as pointed out by Kirk, do "./configure [OPTIONS]; make; make
install." The "make install" phase puts the files in the right place
(provided the package configuration (phase 1) is correct).
The general recommendation is not to mix RPM and tar.gz installs; it
is definitely worth the effort to build your own RPM packages. The
best/quickest way to learn is to grab the SRPMS off the Red Hat
distribution, and make the necessary modifications to build an updated
package; e.g. grab modutils-2.3.9-6.src.rpm, the fresh sources for
modutils-2.3.15, edit the .spec file... build the package(s)...
install... repeat.
A note on the kernel dependencies: you probably don't need all of
them, e.g. ignore pcmcia if you're not building for a laptop, NFS
unless you're using it, etc, etc.
--
\Peter.
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