Building and Installing Software Packages for Linux
Mendel Cooper --- http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/
v1.91, 27 July 1999This is a comprehensive guide to building and installing "generic" UNIX software distributions under Linux. Additionally, there is some coverage of "rpm" and "deb" pre-packaged binaries.
1. Introduction
2. Unpacking the Files
3. Using Make
4. Prepackaged Binaries
5. Termcap and Terminfo Issues
6. Backward Compatibility With a.out Binaries
7. Troubleshooting
8. Final Steps
9. First Example: Xscrabble
10. Second Example: Xloadimage
11. Third Example: Fortune
12. Fourth Example: Hearts
13. Fifth Example: XmDipmon
14. Where to Find Source Archives
15. Final Words
16. References and Further Reading
17. Credits
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