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[MR ZenWiz]

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Bill Wright <pegasus at sc.rr.com> wrote:
> On 01/06/2011 02:19 PM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Ian Coetzee<ubuntu at iancoetzee.za.net>
>>  wrote:
>> :
>>>
>>> I guess the best thing Linux taught me is to actually READ the README
>>> file and I would suggest anyone else try that too ;)
>
> Thanks for the help, If I could have found the answer I would not have
> indulged this list.
>
To be fair, not all README or INSTALL files are written well enough
for someone who's never used one before.

For future reference, in general the ./configure, make, make install
pattern is fairly consistent across most UNIX/Linux platforms.