You have probably used the default installation from
SuSE.. "man make" may not be installed...
you can type at a prompt "whereis make" if the path is
not return then you should go head and install
gcc,make,binutils etc. to be able to compile and
install you new application...first try to see if a
rpm exist for that application if not compile it your
self it's not that hard.... read the README & INSTALL
files
Good luck.
--- Salman Khilji
I'm very new to Linux. I have SuSE 8.0 on my computer now.
I wanted to install some software I downloaded off the 'net.
According to the instructions, I'm supposed to gunzip and tar the files. Then perform:
./configure make
Unfortunately, I get an error with 'make'. I tried man make, but no entries.
Is there another way to install software in SuSE?
Mark
For newbies, I don't recommend installing from sources. If you can spend $40 on the distro, that would be nice. Then all you have to do is to use yast and install the pre-built sofware.
NOTE: I am not trying to sell you anything---The thing is for newbies, there is a lot to learn, so the CDs or (DVD in the Professional Edition) really help. If you don't want to spend $$$, you can download the ISOs and burn your own CDs, but please don't ask me what an ISO is and how to burn them.
Salman
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