Need help in installing nightshade-11.12.1.tar.gz in my Linux Mageia?

Question

I have downloaded the file nightshade-11.12.1.tar.gz from their website. I am not able to understand the installation process. Please help me how to install this software in LINUX Mageia

Answer 1

I don't know nightshade, but there are three basic steps to install software from source.

After the unpacking

tar -xzvf nightshade-11.12.1.tar.gz 

navigate to the new folder in your shell and use the following commands

./configure
make
make install

This will compile your sources and install the program.

You may need this from time to time, when there are no packed rpms for Mageia.

For more information:

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/06/install-from-source/

http://lifehacker.com/361341/learn-the-basics-of-installing-from-source-in-linux