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voidmain:
Did you read the directions that came with it?  Usually there is an "INSTALL" or "README" that comes with any package with step by step instructions.

If it is a Perl module that you are compiling then usually the steps are different. Be sure to check the docs but from memory you would usually change into the directory where the module source resides and do something like:

# perl Makefile.PL
# make
# make test
# make install

If there is an executable file called "configure" in the directory that the source was extracted to then you would change into that directory and usually type:

# ./configure
# make
# make install

However, with source packages that come in a tar ball your mileage may vary. You have to follow the directions in the doc as it is all up to the programmer that created the source as to how it should be built and installed.  Good programmers follow the examples above. Not all programmers are good, look at Bill Gates.

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