Re: [LI] help installing source rpm

[Syed Khader Vali <sidgeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Venu" ==   <venu@xxxxxxxx> writes:

    Venu> The very point of the source rpm is that only the source
    Venu> gets installed, not the binary. If you want to use the
    Venu> package, you will have to install it, first compiling the
    Venu> bianry from the source. This compilation procedure varies
    Venu> from package to package, but the usual technique is to use
    Venu> the GNU autoconf tool to generate a script called configure
    Venu> in the top level directory of the source package. This
    Venu> script then generates the various Makefiles in the required
    Venu> subdirectories. Usually, all you have to do is to then type
    Venu> 'make' in the top-level directory to generate the required
    Venu> binaries.

Whoaaaaaaaaa!! Stop !! Stop !!! Stop right there !!!
Linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is alive and kicking !!
No point in writing the same mail to linux-india@xxxxxxxxx and linux-india-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It's same altogether, we get the mail whereever you mail it !!
Decide where you want to mail it to !! linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx , linux-india@xxxxxxxxx or linux-india-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx !!
Thaths, can you please clarify that.  Recently some people have been posting to both aunet and linux-india and now someone
is mailing to three ID's. Thath's didn't talk about any problem or is it any of your whims.
Please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks
Regards
	Khader

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