Re: make command understanding
--- On Thu, 1/31/13, Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sirtcp@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sirtcp@gmail.com>
> Subject: make command understanding
> To: "debian" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Date: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 1:44 AM
> 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,
>
>
I recently compiled a .deb for the latest Oracle java from source using this tut. It appears in synaptic and/or can be handled by apt-get:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=77140
And here's a "how-to" build from source that has several options:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=38976
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