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how to install the 3rd party software on linux

and how to cofigure

and how to run the application

pls guide me

thanks

ravi

3rd party software can be in RPM or .DEB format. Another option is source code.

If it is an rpm file, use command:
If it is a deb file, use command:
If it is a source code file .tar.gz, use command:
Let me know package type

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it .tar.gz type file

after installation how to configure the application

pls guide me


ravi

Different application has different configuration files. You need to create them /etc or some other place. Let me know the name of application so that I can tell you config file name.

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hi linux guru's

i have installed .tar.gz type file

for example anjuta-1.1.97.tar.gz

i copied this file to /opt then i unziped that file and extracted that file using the following comands

gz -d anjuta-1.1.97.tar.gz
tar -xvf anjuta-1.1.97 tar
then i chenaged the directory to /opt/anjuta-1.1.97

from here i have run ./configure but i am not able to install i got the following errror

checking wheather build envrionment ........ yes
checking wheather sane......... yes
checking wheather make set $[MAKE]..... yes
checking for aclocal1-1.4..... missing
checkig for autoconfig........missing
checking for automake-1.4 .....missing
checking for makeinfo.........missing

checking for /usr/bin/perl
checking for gcc ...... no
checking for cc ...... no
cheking for cl..... no
configure error: no accptance for C compiler found in $ PATH

what does it mean how to install and confiugre

pls guide me

one more quesiotn

i have installed mozill rpm that also i am not able to run the application

i have installed yahoomessenger rpm . but i dont know how to run the messenger

is ther any configure have to be done
pls guide me

ravi

Ravi,

You need to install gcc compiler and other development environment and libraries to compile any app.

If you have live internet connection use package manager to install all application. If you have DVD/CD use the same. What distro you are using? Red Hat Enterpriese Linux OR Fedora Core or Debian?

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