Re: [LI] help installing source rpm

[<venu@xxxxxxxx>]

Sorry about that. I sent only one mail, but somehow, three copies seem to
have been sent.

On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Syed Khader Vali wrote:

> >>>>> "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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> Syed Khader Vali	    skhader@xxxxxxxxxx
> Debian 2.2.4 (potato)   
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