Conor Mac Aoidh wrote:
> Thanks for the reply the info was very usefull. I will try and compile
> first but if I can't get through it I'll just download a package. I'll
> have another go at installing it tonight and I'll let you know if I have
> any problems.
You should never really compile and install directly.
I.E. you should always try to avoid doing `make install`
as that just dumps files on your system outside of the
knowledge of the packaging system, and all the goodness
it generally provides.
Packaging was one of the confusing things for me when
I moved to linux, so I made some notes:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/packaging.html
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