Ok, so I grab aterm-0.4.1.tar.gz and put it in /usr/X11R6/bin (is that the right place?) and do the following:

tar -xzvf aterm-0.4.1.tar.gz
cd aterm-0.4.1
./configure
make (which yields the following):

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/X11R6/bin/aterm-0.4.1/src'
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DDEBUG_STRICT -c -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I.. -I. -O ximage_utils.c
ximage_utils.c:830:2: #endif without #if
make[1]: *** [ximage_utils.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/X11R6/bin/aterm-0.4.1/src'
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/X11R6/bin/aterm-0.4.1/doc'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/X11R6/bin/aterm-0.4.1/doc'
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/X11R6/bin/aterm-0.4.1/src/graphics'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/X11R6/bin/aterm-0.4.1/src/graphics'

make install (which yields the following):

./autoconf/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/bin
./autoconf/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/man/man1
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/X11R6/bin/aterm-0.4.1/src'
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DDEBUG_STRICT -c -I/usr/X11R6/include -I. -I.. -I. -O ximage_utils.c
ximage_utils.c:830:2: #endif without #if
make[1]: *** [ximage_utils.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/X11R6/bin/aterm-0.4.1/src'
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/X11R6/bin/aterm-0.4.1/doc'
/usr/bin/ginstall -c -m 644 aterm.1 /usr/local/man/man1/aterm.1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/X11R6/bin/aterm-0.4.1/doc'
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/X11R6/bin/aterm-0.4.1/src/graphics'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/X11R6/bin/aterm-0.4.1/src/graphics'

What's up?

you may need to hack this file.........ximage_utils.c
looks like a simple syntax error.

If you really need it now you can get a already compiled package from: http://www.linuxpackages.net/pkg_details.php?id=3423

The latest aterm version is 0.4.2. You should download that version.

http://prdownloads.sf.net/aterm/aterm-0.4.2.tar.gz

Thanks for the link. This is my first time using linuxpackages.net. Since their aterm is already compiled, how do I install it? Do I still do the usual steps:

./configure
cd into directory
make
make install

Or is it different since it's already compiled? Thanks for your help.

It's different, use: installpkg <packagename>
or pkgtool

Edit: Forgot to say, you can also decompress it (they are tar.gz files named .tgz), but it's better to use installpkg or pkgtool because then you can easily remove the package by typing removepkg <pkgname>

Wow, installpkg is really awesome, thanks! LinuxPackages.net is really cool too. What an awesome resource having all the precompiled packages available just for Slack, and they can be easily installed using installpkg! I wish I'd found out about this sooner.

-- Chud