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Quick OSX question.

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eigen

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Quick question.

I have never installed an app from a .tar on a Mac, where should install to.I just got my new ibook and want to put some of the apps I like from linux.My intuition would be to dl the .tar into the Applications folder then just untar, ./configure make then make install.Would this be correct? If not what would be the procedure.
 
Sounds right from my experience with Linux. Never installed from a tarball on OS X. OS X program installs are usually brain dead easy.
 
You might want to check the Makefile after the configure, to see if it's going to install in the places you want.

Other than that, OS X has all the necessary GNU tools, so it should be business as usual.
 
Putting it in the Applications directory would probably be pointless since when you do 'make install' it'll most likely copy the the files to somewhere in /usr/local. You should be able to change the target with ./configure options.

And you shouldn't compile as root, just untar it somewhere in your home directory, compile it and only run 'make install' as root or via sudo.
 
fink is definitely the way to go (I like fink commander). Other than that, I install stuff I can't get through fink to /usr/local, where it belongs.
 
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