Install synaptics driver for touchpad - what is a pre-compiled binary?

[Thomas Nyman <thomas@teg.pp.se>]

Hi everyone,

heres a question many might think stupid but I'm at a loss and would 
appreciate help.

I'm running woody on a acer travelmate and have been using tpconfig for my 
touchpad. However it doesnt work well when it comes to the more advance 
functions. I have noticed postings recommending the native synaptics driver 
that can be found www.tuxmobil.org. Searching their webpage I can see the 
following instruction "The source tar file contains a pre-compiled binary. 
I highly recommend to use the binary, because the source can't be compiled 
without the XFree86 sources. The tar file contains the file INSTALL, which 
describes how to modify your XF86Config-4 file."... my problem is this. I 
have downloaded and untarred the file but what exactly is the pre-compiled 
binary? Is it the synaptics_drv.o file? Does this mean i simply copy this 
file to the relevant catalog and make necessary changes in XF86Config-4, 
and remove tpconfig? Do i need gpm? or does the synaptic driver work as is?

I have read all the "documents" in the file, but nothing tells me what they 
mean by the pre compiled binary. Hopefully some one can help

Thomas