Software installation

[souteneur3190]

Ok I downloaded xine and i followed the first step of installation which read:

Download the latest xine-lib and gxine/xine-ui tarballs, then follow these instruction. To unpack a tarball, use:

tar xfvz tarballname.tar.gz

But on the second and final step it told me to:

After unpacking xine-lib, issue:

./configure
make install

When i put that in get this error saying that theres no rule for me to install or something. Can this be because I dont have the bianary's for this software? If so would I download something like this:

cambuca.ldhs.cetuc.puc-rio.br

If my assumtions are correct how would i install it? When you go to the URL shown above the bianary to download file name is this:

x86_64-suse91

Would i type in the konsole something like this

emerge x86_64-suse91 ???

I rely appreciate you guys anwsering my questions even thow you guys took the time to put the anwseres in the tutorials but this time i looked and looked and I just cant figure out the problem.

[Deftochino]

you do realize that portage can do all this for you with one simple command?

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emerge xine-lib xine-ui gxine

(of course you can either leave out xine-ui, or gxine depending on which front end you want)

[clpalmer]

He's posting in the Newbie area, so I'd assume he doesn't know emerge.

Emerge is a utility that handles the downloading, unpacking, configuring and installing of programs easily for you. You may not always be able to get the absolute latest version as they have to be made into special packages for emerge to use, so if you need the absolute latest build that was done last night, you'll need to get it yourself, but other than that, it eliminates most of the headaches =)

Read man emerge, for a complete description, but in general, you can use

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emerge -s <app>

to search for an app and then

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emerge <app>

to get the one you want. It will check for most required dependencies and then install itself.

[souteneur3190]

both of you guys information was really helful, everything is up and running.