Read the software package documentation to determine whether certain environmental variables need setting (in .bashrc or .cshrc) and if the .Xdefaults and .Xresources files need customizing.
There may be an applications default file, usually named Xfoo.ad in the
original Xfoo distribution. If so, edit the Xfoo.ad file to customize it
for your machine, then rename (mv) it Xfoo and install it in
the /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults
directory, as root.
Failure to do this may cause the software to behave strangely or even
refuse to run.
Most software packages come with one or more preformatted man pages.
As root, copy the Xfoo.man file to the appropriate
/usr/man
directory (man1
- man9
), and rename
it accordingly. For example, if Xfoo.man ends up in /usr/man/man4, it
should be renamed Xfoo.4 (mv Xfoo.man Xfoo.4). By convention, user
commands go in man1
, games in man6
, and administration
packages in man8
(see the man docs for more details).
Of course, you may deviate from this on your own system, if you like.
Some packages will not install the binaries in the appropriate system
directories, that is, they are missing the install option in
the Makefile
. Should this be the case, you can install the
binaries manually by copying the binaries to the usr/local/bin
directory, as root.
Note that some or all of the above procedures should, in most cases, be
handled automatically by a make install. If so, the
README
or INSTALL
doc file will specify this.