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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Newsreaders
Date: 28 Mar 2015 22:17:27 GMT
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On 2015-03-28, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> Okay, so one time? In band camp? M. John Matlaw <nouser@invalid.com> was all, like:
>> I'm just wondering whether someone with very limited, decades old 
>> programming experience could dl the source code, a compiler, other tools 
>> (version 2 of S-Lang and its "development" files?) and get a usable 
>> newsreader.
>
> You have a compiler available from Apple. IIRC the simplest way to
> install the command line tools is open a terminal and type gcc, which
> will prompt you to install them.

? No.

> You download two files (slrn-1.0.1 and slang-2) and type ./configure in
> the slang directory and then ./configure in the slrn directory. Done.

No, that will only configure the package. You still need to compile and
install it.

./configure
make
sudo make install

Repeat for each package.

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JR