a software installation question

[medrewsclues]

a recent thread concerning eterm made me realize i wanted eterm. i have it downloaded and installed but i was missing libImlib2.so.1 i believe it was called. the eterm website said it would work partially without it but when i click on it, it will look like its starting then stop. so i downloaded this libImlib2.so.1 as a source. i tried installing it as follows:
i extracted the files to a folder, it had a conifig file in it so i typed ./configure this made a bunch of lines after which it looked ok i guess. then i typed make again a bunch of lines. then i typed su -c "make install" it looked like ot did stuff right? but i still dont show the lib as being installed. is this the right way to install? i learned this way watching chris dibona but it didnt seem to work, im having trouble finding a place that covers this subject as well if you have any sugestions there. and why cant i get more than one opera window to open at a time?

btw you guys are great, keep up the good work

[medrewsclues]

i figured that part out, i asked to soon.

[fancypiper]

The gcc howto (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/GCC-HOWTO/index.html) is the bible of compiling. Simplified instructions can be found in the LNAG (see hint and sig)

Hints from an Imbecile:
To mirror an entire site, command: wget -m http://sunsite.dk/linux-newbie/ Downloads the entire Linux Newbie Administrator Guide

[medrewsclues]

say, just how far does this rabbit hole go?

[fancypiper]

To China? I haven't reached the bottom (or is it the top?) yet. :D

[medrewsclues]

ok so its gonna take me a little while to read, has anyone installed this imlib2? does it sound about righ what i did?

[medrewsclues]

ok i found my answer on another thread, finally im getting somewhere :D