In article <bhbdcp$r88$1@news-int.gatech.edu> gte972z@mail.gatech.edu
(David Harris) writes:

>"Alan Connor" <xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> wrote in message
>news:Gv9_a.3317$Nf3.1227@newsread4.news.pas.earth link.net...
>
>> Nice, David. And if you learn to install apps this way, you can
>> delete whatever fancy package manager your distro uses and free
>> up tons of space and system resources...
>
> I said to use the Readme file. Most Readme files tend to explain
> how to do an RPM install quite clearly.
>
> Though I've always thought package managers were overrated anyway...

Me too. Most of the packages I've downloaded install like this:

1. gzip -d foobar.tar.gz
2. tar -xvf foobar.tar
3. cd foobar
4. ./configure (if that doesn't work, try "make config")
5. make
6. make install (must be run as root)
7. make clean (cleans up work files and frees lots of space)

To uninstall, cd foobar; make uninstall, then do the appropriate rm.

Clean and simple. But then, I'm a Slackware guy, and I must be
choosing the right packages; the readme file usually just describes
the above steps.

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