installing from sourceif you get a source rpm (*.src.rpm), just run(as root) 'rpm --rebuild this.is.my.program.src.rpm'
it will bung the compiled rpm in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/arch (where arch = your architecture - i386 etc.)
it it is just a source archive (normally *.tgz), you would normally extract it (tar xvfz proggie.tgz), go into the new directory, run './configure', then 'make' and finally as root 'make install'
bob's your uncle.
if i were you, i'd get mandrake - there is much better english support available (suse is VERY german) and it's got urpmi. if you wanna install gimp, for example, you just type 'urpmi gimp' and it will download it/ask you for the cd. that was it. windoze, beat that
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it will bung the compiled rpm in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/arch (where arch = your architecture - i386 etc.)
it it is just a source archive (normally *.tgz), you would normally extract it (tar xvfz proggie.tgz), go into the new directory, run './configure', then 'make' and finally as root 'make install'
bob's your uncle.
if i were you, i'd get mandrake - there is much better english support available (suse is VERY german) and it's got urpmi. if you wanna install gimp, for example, you just type 'urpmi gimp' and it will download it/ask you for the cd. that was it. windoze, beat that