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   From: Anthony Edwards    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Ubuntu 6.06 v 6.1   
   Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:32:19 -0000   
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   On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:02:18 -0800, jellybean stonerfish   
    wrote:   
      
   > It is pretty easy to compile stuff.  Even for simple users.   
   > After using your package manager to install the compiler, linker, etc.   
   > Most packages:   
   >   
   > unpack source code   
   > cd to source directory   
   > type   
   >   
   > ./configure PREFIX=/usr   
   > make   
   > make install   
      
   Or better still in some ways, replace "make install" with checkinstall,   
   a useful script which will build a .deb package from the newly compiled   
   source code.  The user can then install the new package using dpkg -i,   
   or not if they prefer not to do so.   
      
   Of course, before getting to that point, the user will need to install   
   the needed development tools (compiler, libraries etc) by installing   
   the meta-package build-essential, and also checkinstall itself.   
      
   sudo aptitude install build-essential   
   sudo aptitude install checkinstall   
      
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   Anthony Edwards   
   anthony@catfish.nildram.co.uk   
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