Installing a RMP file in Linux

[shelagh]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:14:43 -0500, Barry Young wrote:

> How do you do the compile?  I am pretty new to Ubuntu/Linux. -----
> Original Message -----

Hello Barry,
If you are new to Linux, maybe you are not aware that a lot of
applications are compiled from the source text files. They usually come in
a compressed file ending with .tar.gz tar.bz2. Someone else mentioned
these but you may not have understood. You need the programs to compile
such as gcc, autoconf etc. so that you can compile things. but once you
have them it is relatively easy to compile (always assuming things go well).
You can unpack the "tarball" either using the tar command line utility or
use the file-roller (archive-manager) in the ->applications->accessories
menu. Extract the file to your home folder. Then you need to open a
console (terminal, xterm, cli) and cd (move) to the directory. If you use
the command ls you will see a number of files listed and hopefully one of
them will be INSTALL. Issue the command less INSTALL and you will be able
to read the file. It will give instructions on how to compile, but simply
use the series of commands ./configure #this will check for proper setup
			    make       #this will compile
			    make install (or if you have it installed checkinstall)
				#this will put everything where it should be.
will do the trick. Try it out on some trivial application first so you
get your confidence.

Shelagh