Installing software from extracted tar.bz2 with no ./configure or ./install

MTK358 · 08-15-2011, 01:33 PM

If there's a "CMakeLists.txt" file:

Code:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

MTK358 · 08-15-2011, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryanam

clipgrab-3.1.0.2 <---- .bin??

Linux doesn't use file extentions. Dots on filenames are treated like any other character (this doesn't mean that applications can't pay attention to them, though).

EDIT: I didn't notice that this is an old thread.

Nylex · 08-15-2011, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTK358

EDIT: I didn't notice that this is an old thread.

It isn't that old - only about a week or so.