Install non-packaged Software

Download and Install Sources

Download sources, e.g. with ftp from www.gnu.org: cooledit-3.17.2.tar.gz

Install sources of custom packages in /opt/src:

cd /opt/src tar -xvzf cooledit-3.17.2.tar.gz cd cooledit-3.17.2

Build and Install

INSTALL and README: Standard documents for installation instructions.

GNU standard build and installation (only three commands):

./configure
make
make install