Linux Question: Installing from Source!!!?

Question

>>> I have downloaded MakeMKV 1.6.6 souurces
"MakeMKV 1.6.6 (bin).tar.gz" & "MakeMKV 1.6.6 (oss).tar.gz".

>>> Their forum page:
http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224

>>> told me to first download both files. I did that! Then it told me to use this line in Terminal:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libc6-dev libssl-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libqt4-dev

>>> I did that! It downloaded & installed ~90MB of files. Next, it told me this:

Unpack both packages and starting from source package do the following steps for each package:
make -f makefile.linux
sudo make -f makefile.linux install

The application will be installed as "/usr/bin/makemkv".

>>> I extracted both folders to desktop. I don't get what to do next! What to type (step-by-step)????

Answer 1

If you extracted both packages to the Desktop directory you then have to go to the directories that were created when you extracted them (cd Desktop/first new directory) and run the the 2 commands. (make -f makefile.linux

sudo make -f makefile.linux install). THen go to the other new directory and run them again. cd Desktop/other new directory, and run the commands.

There should also be some text files that will have instructions, e.g REAMDE.txt or install.txt.

Answer 2

What to type in next?

tar -xvf Make*tar.gz (the wild card means both files should be untarred)

cd makemkv* (I don't know the fool name of the directory you created so I put an asterix at the end).

make -f makefile.linux

sudo make -f makefile.linux install.



Anyhow, open the directory with the source code (actually the code should be in a subdirectory of it) and look for a file which says INSTALL. Read it. But those steps should work. cd to the directory you created when you untarred those files, and type make using the -f makefile.linux to specify the linux makefile is the one you want. Be careful. I prefer programs which come with configure shell scripts that create makefiles from your system's environmental variables -- and even they can total your installation.

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