On Thu, 29 May 1997, Mike Roessing wrote:
> Hi... I hope I'm not told to RTFM here, cuz I've read the FAQ and the man
> pages on the FVWM HomePage (Mr Hines') and couldn't find the answer...
> maybe there isn't one, necessarily... ANYWAY!
> I'm sorta new to Linux, but I do know my way around, and have almost
> configured fvwm 1.xx to my liking. I downloaded 2.0.45 and want to install
> it. However, I'm not too sure how to go about this... would I put the
> fvwm-2.0.45 dir in the same dir that the fvwm dir is in (/usr/X11R6/) or
> what? I'm just looking for someone to offer advice on the best way to get
> fvwm2.0.45 installed and running.
Well, the easiest thing to do is this (I'm starting with the tar.gz file)
.. Unarchive it in some directory (I like /usr/local/src) and go into the
fvwm-2.0.45 directory. Edit the config.tmpl (or whatever the configuration
template is called, don't worry, it should be obvious) to your likings,
and then save it. Type ./MakeMakefiles ... This will make the makefiles
prior to building the sources. Then type "make" ... This will make all the
binaries, etc... Then type "make install" ... this will install all the
binaries and things into the default locations (or whatever you
specified in the configuration template). then it's either "make
install.man" or "make install-man" (I forget which) to install the man
pages. This should be it. Enjoy! :)
-peace
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Received on Thu May 29 1997 - 21:28:53 BST