[909linux] installing programs on a shared host

[Roger Rustad]

If I want to install a program on a shared Debian host (where I 
obviously don't have access to apt-get), I'm assuming all I have to do 
is shell into my account and "make install" each program I want?

For example, I just got Dreamhost and would like to configure Nagios on 
it to monitor many hosts in different locations.