Yes, you could, and it's preferable because it allows rpm to manage the system interdependencies more properly. You get none of that with 'make install' In fact, I would suggest always checking for an rpm before doing ./configure, make, make install. And, if you find no rpm, see if you can create one with for rpmbuild. Often .tar.gz packages will come with a .spec (or .spec.in) file. Sometimes they even work to build an rpm without tweaking. Lee Maschmeyer writes: > It's interesting how a name will vibrate through the cosmos sometimes > (i.e., it keeps cropping up unexpectedly). This morning I discovered Lame > on FreshRPMs. So presumably on Fedora and friends we could say: > > yum install lame > > or > > apt-get install lame > > I haven't tried this since I already installed it from the tarball, but > it's an interesting possibility. > > Lee > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: +1 202.494.7040 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list