[Slackbuilds-users] THE.SlackBuild

[B. Watson]

On Sat, 16 Apr 2022, Richard Narron wrote:

> But when it was installed, the first line leaves out the INSTALL document:
>
> install -m0644 COPYING FAQ HISTORY README* TODO \
>
> Here is a patch to correct the installed THE.SlackBuild:

The INSTALL file is probably being left out on purpose. Have you read
it? It's useless for a package user. It describes how to compile THE,
or install it from RPMs.

However, if you already installed THE from a package built by the SBo
script, there's no need to read the INSTALL document: the SBo script
already compiled the software for you.

This is true of pretty much every INSTALL file (or INSTALL.txt,
INSTALL.md) in almost every package. *Rarely*, there's also some
useful config/setup information in INSTALL, but in general, SBo
packages shouldn't include install instructions.