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Where can I attain Games, and new softwares for SUSE 10, free of charge online for SUSE Linux 10? I use windows for my internet access.
Can someone explain the install process to me? I am uncertain of how to make "make an installer compile etc"
Thanks for your help.
I haven't used suse for years but I'm sure there is now an online update service in yast which should also let you select new software to install too.
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make an installer compile etc
Open a Terminal | cd to the directory where the unpacked files are | type ./configure && make && sudo make install && make clean
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PS Unless you are trying to conserve diskspace you may want to leave off the "make clean" bit so that you can easily run "make uninstall" at a later date if required.
Probably the most important steps when compiling from source is to read any README and INSTALL files contained within the archive.
Ad you are using a debian based distro you may want to look at checkinstall. You would complete all of the steps above until "make install". Run checkinstall instead and it will create a binary package for your system (in your case a .deb) which is easier to keep track of with a package management tool like synaptic.
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tonysathre:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't alien convert pre-compiled binary packages into different formats as opposed to checkinstall creating packages? Haven't really used alien much....
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It's used to convert between different package formats. I use it to convert RPM's to DEB's so I can keep track of them with Synaptic.
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If you ever come across an application for which you can't get a precompiled rpm, deb, tgz etc and only the source code (pretty unlikely!) or if you want to run something compiled specifically for your system then definitely give checkinstall a look....
http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/
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Thanks, I'll look into it. I've never used checkinstall before.
I don't mind compiling from source.
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These days I'd rather compile from source than use a precompiled binary which is one of the reasons I've switched to Gentoo....I used to think Slackware was fast and stable! :)
Checkinstall gives you the best of both worlds, an application compiled specifically for your system but can still be kept track of with your package manager (rpm, deb, tgz etc).
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