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Re:"tree" command on MacOSX by cstuder on Saturday September 08, 2012 @05:23AM (#4492640)
Only in this case the learning effect isn't that great, because he doesn't explain the (to me) most confusing part: Why is the edit of the make file necessary? Isn't make responsible for choosing the right configuration settings for the current environment?
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Re:"tree" command on MacOSX by darklajid on Saturday September 08, 2012 @05:46AM (#4492674)
No. The usual three step installation from source is

1. configure

2. make

3. sudo make install

Note the absence of 1, which would usually perform these kinds of things (checking for prerequisites, for example).

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