Section: Download
Subsection: Download Source
Last revision: September 11, 2013
Download: g-cows-1.12.tar.gz. (Size: 200.609 K)
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tar xzf g-cows-1.12.tar.gz
cd g-cows-1.12
./configure
make
make install
Unpack the archive (a directory called g-cows-1.12 will be created):
tar xzf g-cows-1.12.tar.gz
Move into the new directory:
cd g-cows-1.12
The `configure' script allows to configure the package according to your platform; it will also check if the required tools are present on your system and eventually complain about it. Moreover, `configure' allows to choose details of compilation and installation (e.g. where the binaries will be installed).
If you accept the default behavior, simply type:
./configure
Otherwise, type `./configure --help' for a list of supported options.
Now, compile the programs; this operation could take several minutes on older machines. If this is the case, have a coffee and wait (the compilation process will succeed or not reguardless to the coffee ..)
make
Login as root and type:
make install
By default, the `Cows' and `Cows-mkgen'
executables will be installed in `/usr/local/bin', so
you need to be root in order to run the last command.
If you don't have root privileges, don't worry. Executables are
in a subdirectory called `src'; you can run them within
this directory or move them elsewhere (of course, remember to add
the directory containing binaries to your PATH
environment variable).
Otherwise, you can install the package in you home directory; simply follow the steps above running `configure' with the option `--bindir=DIR', where DIR is the target directory.