Plz help i dont know how to install source code programs!

[jjman123]

i go to install it from the shell and i type ./config or somtihin and it works but when i got to type make or make install it doesint work it just says something about no target or somthin.

[shah]

./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install

:D :D :D

[firebyrd10]

i go to install it from the shell and i type ./config or somtihin and it works but when i got to type make or make install it doesint work it just says something about no target or somthin.

Make some times has to be runa s root.

Also you can only instal source code with a HD install.

(the --prefix=/usr isn't usually nessisary as most programs isntall their anyway.)

[user unknown]

it's

./configure
and

./configure --help | less in most cases.

make normally doesn't need root to be involved, only make install

beside ./configure --help, you often get a README and a INSTALL file to read for details of the installation-process.