Compatibility question Ubuntu/Redhat software

[Pat Martin]

If compiling is the only solution I would recommend using checkinstall 
so that it actually creates a package and installs it.

Pat

>On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 13:59 -0400, blackmon4627 at bellsouth.net wrote:
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>>I know very little about compiling etc. If I find a piece of software, such as Samba, already compiled for Red Hat, will that work usually? Sorry for all the questions. I may have used Windows and DOS based computers for years but Linux is pretty new to me
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>If the software is only available in source, then you will need to
>compile it, of course.
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