Linux: Compiling and Installing Source Code from the Terminal

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Method 1, generic

  1. Ensure the automake, autoconf packages are installed, note this first step is only needed on Linux distributions based on Debian.
    sudo apt-get install automake autoconf
  2. Acquire the source code, and untar it if need be. See Linux: Acquiring Source Code
  3. Ensure the root directory and its subdirectories and files have the access permissions set correctly. i.e. not read-only.
  4. Enter the command below from the sources root directory, breaking up the three individual commands if needed.
    sudo ./configure && make && make install

Method 2, Debian based

  1. Install the base compiler toolchain
    sudo apt-get install build-essential devscripts
  2. Acquire the source code, and untar it if need be. See Linux: Acquiring Source Code
  3. Install the build time dependencies
    sudo apt-get build-dep whateverPackage
  4. compile the package
    sudo debuild -us -uc
  5. go up one directory
    cd ..
  6. install the compiled .deb package
    sudo dpkg -i filename.deb
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