Building and Installing Software Packages for Linux

Mendel Cooper --- http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/

1. Introduction

2. Unpacking the Files

3. Using Make

4. Prepackaged Binaries

• 4.1 Whats wrong with rpms?
• 4.2 Problems with rpms: an example

5. Termcap and Terminfo Issues

6. Backward Compatibility With a.out Binaries

• 6.1 An Example

7. Troubleshooting

• 7.1 Link Errors
• 7.2 Other Problems
• 7.3 Tweaking and fine tuning
• 7.4 Where to go for more help

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