Editing files with the vi editor tool
The vi program is a text editor that you can use to edit any text and particularly programs. During installation of software, the user will often have to edit text files like “Makefiles” or configuration files to make and fit they changes. The following are some of the most important keystroke commands to get around in vi. (Далее…)
Build and Install software on your system
You will see from chapter 10 through chapter 20 below that we use many different compile commands to build and install programs on the server. These commands are UNIX compatible and are used on all variant off *nix machines to compile and install software. (Далее…)
Compiling software on your system
A program is something a computer can execute. Originally, somebody wrote the “source code” in a programming language he/she could understand (e.g., C, C++). The program “source code” also makes sense to a compiler that converts the instructions into a binary file suited to whatever processor is wanted (e.g. a 386 or similar). (Далее…)
Why would we choose to use tarballs?
All the Red Hat distributions of Linux are provided as RPM files. An RPM file, also known, as a “package”, is a way of distributing software so that it can be easily installed, upgraded, queried, and deleted. However, in the Unix world, the defacto-standard for package distribution continues to be by way of so-called “tarballs”. Tarballs are simply compressed files that can be readable and uncompressed with the “tar” utility. Installing from tar is usually significantly more tedious than using RPM. So why would we choose to do so? (Далее…)
The necessary packages
The following are the necessary packages needed to be able to make compilations on your system after recompilation of your kernel. This software is on your Red Hat Linux 6.1 or 6.2 Part 1 CD-ROM under RedHat/RPMS directory if they are not already installed.
[root@deep /]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/ [root@deep /]# cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/
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