Something always goes wrong when I try to install

[Special Ed]

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hello,

I have had no luck with tarball installations, or rpm installations ever since I first started using Lnux about a month and a hlf ago. I have only been able to successfully install one program. I always get various errors when attempting to run the configure script. These errors are diferent from one program to the next, but the only thing that remians common to all of them is that I am unable to install the makefile after this error occurs.

Does anyone have any idea what I have overlooked while trying to install porgrams?

[bdg1983]

Well you didn't mention the specific problems you are having nor the distro and version you have, so I will just take a guess.

1. Your distro is quite old and does not meet the requirements when installing software.

2. Your distro is fairly new, but you did a minimal install and are missing libraries etc.

[X_console]

Please refer to the following: http://it.yorku.ca/moonfrog/tutorials/compiling_software.html

Make the following check before installing:

1. Do you have all the dependencies? Libraries, programs, etc...

2. Do you have your compilers and development libraries installed?

3. Are you using the right version for your system?