Thanks all , thanks for the detailed answer but do you think compiling is a good solution to go-with, except installing the package from repository. i have heard that people always suggest to install packages from repository not by compiling. i know repo should contain old release but stable one however, for more option and newer releases one should need to compile it from source.
but my question is, what pros do normally ? On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Alex Mestiashvili <a...@biotec.tu-dresden.de> wrote: > On 01/31/2013 08:44 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> i normally install things from the repository of debian by "apt-get >> install" however just need to know if in case circumstances push me to >> compile things at some point.so the question that i am asking is just >> for learning purpose. >> i have seen on youtube people first un-tar the package (e.g. >> spamassassin) then they some time run "make" command only without any >> parameter at the end of it and then in next command they run "make >> install" so the question is whats does that first "make" command does, >> why we do not directly use "make install" >> >> Thanks, >> >> > Hi, > > make does what is written in a Makefile. > Depending to the source code distribution it can vary a lot. > So the first thing before compiling, is to look to a README or INSTALL > files shipped with the source and look to the Makefile. > > Regards, > Alex > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/510a33c7.9030...@biotec.tu-dresden.de > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cagwvfmnwmgosw1ruab6nnwqle-pljwxughnzd6atwn3nbkw...@mail.gmail.com
