Building from source
Sometimes an app that I wish to play with only comes as a source.tar.gz file or similar and the usual;
./configure
make
make install
;works fine.
Other times the make craps out completely. I think it's something to do with the parameters you sometimes need to pass to configure.
Is there any decent sources of information about things such as PREFIX and other paths, their uses and where they lie?
For example I'm trying to compile Rosegarden and the README suggests that you pass "--with-qt-dir=..." and "--prefix=..." options to configure. I've tried all the obvious ones and have nothing to show.
I'm running it on fedora core2 btw.
EDIT:
radio303 has found the kind of thing I'm looking for here.
./configure
make
make install
;works fine.
Other times the make craps out completely. I think it's something to do with the parameters you sometimes need to pass to configure.
Is there any decent sources of information about things such as PREFIX and other paths, their uses and where they lie?
For example I'm trying to compile Rosegarden and the README suggests that you pass "--with-qt-dir=..." and "--prefix=..." options to configure. I've tried all the obvious ones and have nothing to show.
I'm running it on fedora core2 btw.
EDIT:
radio303 has found the kind of thing I'm looking for here. 