More detailed instructions on building from source #85
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- Adds specific `./configure` options for building on Debian/Ubuntu - Adds instructions for using `checkinstall` to install a source build as a deb/RPM package - Adds commands for installing `autoconf`, `automake`, and `libtool`
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Hi @seanthegeek! Thanks for contributing! I have a few small suggestions.
| Then, configure the build build. The `configure` script takes the standard options to set where files are | ||
| installed such as `--prefix`, etc. See `./configure --help` for details. | ||
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| On Debain/Ubuntu a few options need to be passed: |
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There is a minor typo in Debian here.
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| On Debain/Ubuntu a few options need to be passed: | ||
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| $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --sharedstatedir=/usr/share --localstatedir=/var --mandir=/usr/share/man |
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Hmm, do we need to specify all of these on Debian/Ubuntu? Normally I go with the defaults. I think it's really dependent on how one wants to install it on one's system. As such, it might be more appropriate leaving this at simply ./configure for Debian/Ubuntu/Centos/RHEL, and point to the options provided by ./configure --help to adjust the paths.
We could say something more about what paths there are to configure, or what the defaults usually are on a particular system, if that would be helpful.
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| To install the freshly-built program as a package, you can use `checkinstall`. |
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Neat idea! I'm a bit leery of having a suggested packaging method in the main instructions though. It can be a big topic on its own! What do you think about having the package part in a separate section, and referring to it as an alternative to sudo make install? For example, a ## Creating a package section might work.
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| ## Installing From GitHub | ||
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| To install from Git, you will need automake, autoconf, and libtool installed. | ||
| To install from Git, you will need `autoconf`,`automake`, and `libtool` installed. |
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I think we might want to add a space between "autoconf," and "automake"
| To install from Git, you will need automake, autoconf, and libtool installed. | ||
| To install from Git, you will need `autoconf`,`automake`, and `libtool` installed. | ||
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| On Debain/Ubuntu, run: |
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There is a similar typo here
./configureoptions for building on Debian/Ubuntucheckinstallto install a source build as a deb/RPM packageautoconf,automake, andlibtool