Typically try 'make'.
	The makefile contains lists of rules which tell make what to
	build. Sometimes its more complicated - check if it has an
	'INSTALL' or 'README' file :)

		David/abs

	-- Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. --

On Sat, 29 Nov 1997, Paul Whiting wrote:

> I am new to RiscBSD. How do I go about compiling something? I have
> downloaded a tar.gz file from the Internet, and used gunzip and tar to
> extract lots of files. There are a number of .c and .h files and a file
> called makefile. I tried 'make makefile' and was told that it was up to
> date, I then tried 'cc *.*' and got a string of error messages telling me
> that it could not find various files. What should I do?
>