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TARballs
Some distributions intentionally do this (e.g. Slackware)
Sometimes, the application you want has not been pre-packaged by your distribution (no RPM, no DEB), but source tarballs are always available
Problem/blessing: No centralized database (like rpm -qa or dpkg --list)
Usual procedure for installation:
- Untar/uncompress: $ tar -xvzf qmail-3.0.1.tar.gz
- Tailor the parameters to your system: $ ./configure
- Compile the application: $ make
- Install it (usually needs root privileges): # make install
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