Re: [aclug-L] How to install games and other programs with the INSTALL c
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More accurately, unless they are rpm you'll have to install them by hand.
most of the time, you cd to the directory,
./configure
make
then as root :
make install
there should be a README, and a INSTALL file, read (less) them and they
will tell you what to do.
Clint
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Clint Brubakken
Computer Science Services Group, LLC
Wichita, KS
cabrubak@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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"People get annoyed when you try to debug them."
-- Larry Wall (Open Sources, 1999 O'Reilly and Associates)
On Thu, 20 May 1999, Jeff wrote:
> On Wed, 19 May 1999, Patrick Klee wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> > I am currently running RedHat 5.2, kernal 2.0.36 and I downloaded
> > and online game and a chat program. I successfully unzipped them, but
> > now I need to install them with an INSTALL command. How do
> > I successfully install these programs?
>
> Are you thinking of
> "make"
> and
> "make install"
> ?
>
> If you can find RPM versions of these programs, it'll be easier to upgrade
> or remove them later. Install RPMs with 'rpm -Uvh filename.rpm'.
>
> -jeff
>
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