does 'yum install' also require configure/make/install ?

fran1942 · 09-06-2012, 11:22 PM

Hello, I am wanting to install quagga routing software into Fedora.
If I simply use 'yum install quagga', does this mean I do not need to use the:
configure, make, make install procedure ?

Thanks for any help.

evo2 · 09-06-2012, 11:26 PM

Hi,

no, by default "yum install foo" will install precompiled binary packages.

Evo2.

fran1942 · 09-06-2012, 11:31 PM

thanks, so if the user guide says to use the 'configure, make, make install' procedure, then that means I do not have a pre-compiled binary, so I do not use the 'yum install foo" command.
Is that right ?

But would it still be useful to use 'yum install foo' to download any dependencies before I make and install ?

Thank you for confirmation.

evo2 · 09-06-2012, 11:37 PM

Hi,

Quote:

thanks, so if the user guide says to use the 'configure, make, make install' procedure, then that means I do not have a pre-compiled binary, so I do not use the 'yum install foo" command.
Is that right ?

Yes, but if the software is already packaged, it is usually better to install it with yum.

Quote:

But would it still be useful to use 'yum install foo' to download any dependencies before I make and install ?

'yum install foo' would not necessarily install the packages required for building foo, just the packages required to correctly run foo. What you are describing are usually called "build dependencies".

Evo2.

EDDY1 · 09-06-2012, 11:39 PM

I believe that foo is just an inserted package name so substitute package name for the word foo.