Subject: Re: Good tar.gz app
From: Robert Fout (rfout@mahi.damien.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 22 2000 - 18:24:35 MST
Assuming your compiler didn't give you any errors during the compile, the
make install command should place the binary in a directory that programs go
in (like the /bin, or /usr/bin or /local/bin etc.).
try the these two commands:
which <name of program>
whereis <name of program>
and see if the program doesn't show up somewhere
concerning your question.. source code for x86 linux programs should compile
with minimal changes, unless they need specific hardware (I'm educated
guessing this, can any programmers confirm or deny this?)
There is an x86 emulator that will run x86 linux apps on PPC linux machine,
but the name eludes me right now.
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"The knack to flying is learning how to
throw yourself at the ground and miss."
>From "Life the Universe and Everything"
by Douglas Adams
Robert Fout
MacOS Guru and MkLinux/Yellowdog Linux User
rfout@damien.edu
http://osx.damien.edu/rfout/
ICQ# 48433406
> From: Jeff Tillwick <jeffat00@bellsouth.net>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 20:04:52 -0500
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> Subject: Re: Good tar.gz app
>
> when compiling a program I use the configure command, then the make command,
> then the make install command. After that there is nothing that specifies
> where the program is actually installed to. As for x11 or KDE versions I
> install, the command to open the program doesn't appear to work either in
> the shell nor the command line in KDE
>
> also i was told that i386, i486 and other pc tar.gz files could be converted
> for PPC. is this really possible and if so, how???
>
>> If a program requires just a binary file to run (i.e. no included libraries
>> etc.) once you untar and ungzip it, you can just move the binary to /bin, or
>> /usr/bin, somewhere in your path. If it does require certain files to placed
>> somewhere in the system, then most people put INSTALL shell scripts with
>> them.. and they will do the actual installation for you.
>>
>> as for the shell being "confusing and lame"... this IS Linux.. this IS a
>> Unix OS. Yes there are GUIs to make some things easier to do (file
>> management, and graphical programs) but the shell is still Unix's main
>> interface.. you can't separate Unix from the shell, it is no longer Unix
>> then.
>>
>> As for the programs not running.. try going
>>
>> cd <path to compiled program>
>> ../<program name>
>>
>> I would recommend reading the man pages for tar, gzip and gunzip, or buying
>> a book about Linux. You can't not use the shell. When I first used Linux in
>> 1997, it took me a month to get used to the shell, and ever since then..
>> it's earned my respect in the computing world.
>> ---------------------------------------
>> "The knack to flying is learning how to
>> throw yourself at the ground and miss."
>>
>>> From "Life the Universe and Everything"
>> by Douglas Adams
>>
>> Robert Fout
>> MacOS Guru and MkLinux/Yellowdog Linux User
>> rfout@damien.edu
>> http://osx.damien.edu/rfout/
>> ICQ# 48433406
>>
>>> From: Jeff Tillwick <jeffat00@bellsouth.net>
>>> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>>> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 23:19:55 -0500
>>> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Good tar.gz app
>>>
>>> Oh, where do i begin! Lets see, first off, Archiver does indeed decompress
>>> tar.gz files, yet i have yet to see its ability to compile and correctly
>>> install the program
>>>
>>> Secondly, using the shell is so confusing and lame, if we have a graphical
>>> interface environment, why not take advantage of it, i compiled and
>>> installed kicq and klicq and xawtv in the shell and as far as i can tell, i
>>> did it correctly, yet the programs wont load up and the commands do
>>> absolutely nothing both and the command line and in the terminal.
>>>
>>>> and what's wrong with with opening a terminal up and using the shell?
>>>> ---------------------------------------
>>>> "The knack to flying is learning how to
>>>> throw yourself at the ground and miss."
>>>>
>>>>> From "Life the Universe and Everything"
>>>> by Douglas Adams
>>>>
>>>> Robert Fout
>>>> MacOS Guru and MkLinux/Yellowdog Linux User
>>>> rfout@damien.edu
>>>> http://osx.damien.edu/rfout/
>>>> ICQ# 48433406
>>>>
>>>>> From: Stew Benedict <stewb@earthlink.net>
>>>>> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>>>>> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 22:53:05 -0500 (EST)
>>>>> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: Good tar.gz app
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What's wrong with the KDE archiver?
>>>>>
>>>>> Stew Benedict
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Jeff Tillwick wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> i have a mission for any programmer out
>>>>> there:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Write a program for kde that compiles and installs tar.gz files easily
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> completely without going through the shell
>>>>>>
>>>>>> AND FOR PPC yellow dog linux
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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