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Sometimes we want to mess up with compilling stuff from source. It's a good thing that unices projects (now all/almost FOSS) use the three magic steps:
./configure && make && make install
But, today order is different from the past. More of us are package-dependent people (yeah, long live package). Now, how could we install those sources without breaking out our precious package-based system?
Behold! Here comes: checkinstall
Here's how to in Dapper:
1. Install checkinstall, for porn stars use this command (everyone else use synaptic ;-P):
# sudo apt-get install checkinstall
2. Install development files (header files) needed for your apps. These packages usually using "-dev" suffix (e.g. gtk-2.0-dev). Now, how to figure out any dependency?
- Read the author web.
- Read files in apps source directory, I usually read 2 files: README and INSTALL.
- Find it on mbah Google.
Btw, don't forget to install build-essentials package. Ubuntu is stripped by default. ;(
3. Now comes the part where we all become pornstars. Do the magic steps, only this time we change the last step with checkinstall. Depend on how big the apps, your computer, and your face, you may have a time to do something else. If your face isn't so bad, you may have the debs and install it with dpkg. To sum it up, here's the example:
# cd APPS_SOURCE_DIR
# ./configure --prefix=/usr
# make
# sudo checkinstall
# sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Voila, your system is running well. So far I have use this tool to install ATi Driver, deKorator, and kbfx. TODO: Gaim beta.
EDIT: added run checkinstall as root. The last line is not needed because checkinstall install the program by default.
Sometimes we want to mess up with compilling stuff from source. It's a good thing that unices projects (now all/almost FOSS) use the three magic steps:
./configure && make && make install
But, today order is different from the past. More of us are package-dependent people (yeah, long live package). Now, how could we install those sources without breaking out our precious package-based system?
Behold! Here comes: checkinstall
Here's how to in Dapper:
1. Install checkinstall, for porn stars use this command (everyone else use synaptic ;-P):
# sudo apt-get install checkinstall
2. Install development files (header files) needed for your apps. These packages usually using "-dev" suffix (e.g. gtk-2.0-dev). Now, how to figure out any dependency?
- Read the author web.
- Read files in apps source directory, I usually read 2 files: README and INSTALL.
- Find it on mbah Google.
Btw, don't forget to install build-essentials package. Ubuntu is stripped by default. ;(
3. Now comes the part where we all become pornstars. Do the magic steps, only this time we change the last step with checkinstall. Depend on how big the apps, your computer, and your face, you may have a time to do something else. If your face isn't so bad, you may have the debs and install it with dpkg. To sum it up, here's the example:
# cd APPS_SOURCE_DIR
# ./configure --prefix=/usr
# make
# sudo checkinstall
# sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Voila, your system is running well. So far I have use this tool to install ATi Driver, deKorator, and kbfx. TODO: Gaim beta.
EDIT: added run checkinstall as root. The last line is not needed because checkinstall install the program by default.
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