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The most common method is the set of commands
./configure
make
make install
Go to the folder where the software source code is using terminal
1. cd /path/to/your/software
then
2. ./configure
or
2.1. ./configure --prefix=/opt/software-name
Step 2.1 makes it easier to remove the software just by deleting the folder "/opt/software-name"
if there are errors then you need to download required packages from repositories mostly they are like "packagename-dev" then repeat step 2.
If you get no errors you could run
3. make
this will compile the source code
you may now run
4. sudo su
this will make you the root user and you'll still be in the same directory
The last step is
5. make install
