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UNIX02/Installing An Application From Source

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You should have already covered basic application compilation in the previous course. However, in case you didn't (or need a refresher) we'll do it again quickly.

While you are still logged into Red Hat as root, browse to the following website:

http://www.nano-editor.org/download.html

You will see that there is a Nano RPM, however, it is not for our version of Red Hat Linux, and will not install. Instead, download the source tar.gz file.

: tar.gz files are sometimes called "tar-balls".

Untar it into root's home directory (if you need a refresher on this, see UNIX01/Dealing with tar files)

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