Re: Where should the tar'd file be installed?

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "Craig Wolf" <address@hidden> writes:

  cw>   I need "make" to get DIG installed but I cannot get make to
  cw>   install.  I have downloaded the tar'd and gzipped file
  cw>   "make-3.79.1.tar.gz".  I have uncompressed it into the file
  cw>   structure that is under it but I am unable to figure out where
  cw>   to put the directory/files to make "make" work.  Please help!

The file you unpacked is the source code for the make program.  There is
no actual program there.  In order to get the make program, you need to
compile the code into an executable, which will be called "make", than
you can install that.

The directions for doing this are contained in the INSTALL file you
should find in the directory you unpacked.

That is what all the Linux distributions do for you: they compile all
this code and put it together on a CD.  You shouldn't need to do this
yourself, unless you have some special requirements.

Make is a program that helps you compile other programs.  You'd only
need it for DIG if you have the source for DIG, but not an executable,
and need to compile that source.

However, if you're running Linux I would guess that you can get
pre-built executable versions of these programs (certainly make, and
probably DIG) and just install those.  Most likely, if your Linux
distribution has a package manager, you can just ask that to install.
Make comes with _every_ single Linux distribution; if it's not already
on your system, use your package manager to install it.

What distribution of Linux are you using?

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