problem installing cdrdao
I wish to update cdrdao to get ATAPI support. I am presently using Mandrake 9.2 and the cdrdao build that comes with it.
I have D/L'd cdrdao 1.1.8 in rpm form. When I run it it tells me that I need another file to be installed first - Is there a way of finding out what support files are needed for a particular program? Since I'm very new to Linux - I'm finding this quite :confused: trying to get things working. Which file do I d/l - the source or the RPM? is there a tutorial somewhere that explains this - where to start. I'm probable not asking the question in an understandable form - but I've spent about 5 hrs so far and not getting anywhere Steve |
You can run
rpm -qR <package> to see the requirements. You can either install the binary-rpm (rpm -i <package>) or the source. As a beginner, you should try the binary first, but sometime you'll find a badly packaged rpm that will never install easily on your distro. Then I would recommend the source installation. Mostly it's only ./configure make make install (as root) but read the README file first! Hope I could help. |
thanks
can you explain "./configure make" or a point to a tutorial thanks Steve |
I am not an expert in compiling programs, so anything I could tell you about it would probabely be crap. Please have a look in 'man make' or search the net.
Just very short: ./configure creates a Makefile, that tells the compiler something about your system and the source-code. 'make' is the command to start the compiler (e.g. gcc) that uses this makefile to make a binary from the source code. 'make install' copies the created binaries to their destinations. (All the guru's out there: correct me please, if I tell sh*t!) |
:newbie: Thanks you
Steve |
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