Installing on Linux Boxes…

This procedure is one I always forget. Many packages don’t have the appropriate install information within, and I frequently have to look up this very simple six-step list of instructions:

tar -xzvf whatver.tar.gz
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
su
make install

Some of the steps are obviously optional, but I prefer to use the careful step-by-step method.

[NOTE: What a boring entry to get the distinction of being my 400th "article"...]

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