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This document describes the way to compile most software under Trisquel GNU/Linux.
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
cd /path/to/your/software
- then
./configure
- or
./configure --prefix=/opt/software-name
This variation 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
make
This will compile the source code.
- You may now run
sudo su
This will make you the root user and you'll still be in the same directory.
- The last step is
make install
Further Reading
This standardized way to build software is made possible by the GNU build system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_build_system
