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Old 11-05-2009, 08:53 AM   #1
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Installing applications locally


I probably sound like a noob, but that's why I'm posting in the newbie section. If I have a source tarball source.tar.gz, I do
Code:
tar -xvf
source.tar.gz. When I do
Code:
make configure
, is there a flag I can set so it installs to /home/Master_9/bin? Thank you.
 
Old 11-05-2009, 09:23 AM   #2
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Hi Master_9

Makefiles can be a bit of black magic even to those of us who have written our own!

If the program and makefile have been well written you can probably move the binary to your desired location after compilation with no adverse effects, but I make no guarantee. I've certianly been able to do this with a huge project I worken on (and I never had a configure option in my makefile!).

You make also find that /usr/local/bin is a better place for the binary, it is usually already in your path, therefore if you need to run that binary or call it from a script you don't need to mess around adding to your path.

Alternatively, make it somewhere like /opt and make a link to the binary in /home/Master_9/bin (or /usr/local/bin).


Sorry I haven't been able to help more. If you need help making the links, just let us know.

Cheers
Emma
 
Old 11-05-2009, 09:43 AM   #3
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Most source code have a 'configure' file letting you do :
./configure --prefix=/home/Master_9/<new- folder>

If you only have a 'Makefile' it can hopefully be edited
to the preferred install location.

If you want a precise answer, may be you can tell which
application, you want to install.
.....
.....
P.S. : .. At least 5 other methods are used to build software ..
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...8/?highlight#4
post # 4.
.....

Last edited by knudfl; 11-05-2009 at 09:52 AM.
 
Old 11-06-2009, 12:44 AM   #4
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If you've got source.tar.gz, you need

tar -zxvf source.tar.gz

the -z un-gzips it
 
Old 11-06-2009, 02:21 AM   #5
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chrism01 View Post
If you've got source.tar.gz, you need

tar -zxvf source.tar.gz

the -z un-gzips it
Newer versions of tar don't require the 'z' (or 'j' for bzip) option when extracting.
 
Old 11-06-2009, 12:34 PM   #6
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Thanks knudfl , it worked.
 
  


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