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Where is the best place to put custom software? [duplicate]
I know Linux is very permissive and allows customization at many levels but let's said that I have downloaded some .tar.gz files like for example phpStorm and Smargit (both have binaries and libraries ...
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How can I get self-compiled packages to play nice with packages managers (e.g. apt-get, yum) [duplicate]
Suppose I want to:
compile and install my own custom application
which requires downloading, compiling and installing the source for newest version of libthrift
which requires downloading, compiling ...
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GCC installation prefix under Linux [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where should I put software I compile myself?
Following this qustion, is there a recommended prefix for GCC installation under Linux? I am not trying to achieve anything too ...
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How to compile and install programs from source
This is an issue that really limits my enjoyment of Linux. If the application isn't on a repository or if it doesn't have an installer script, then I really struggle where and how to install an ...
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Standard location for holding software source files
Is there a standard location in Linux for holding source files for example OpenSSL. I am building Nginx from source with non default version of OpenSSL. I need to download and untar OpenSSL and I did ...
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How to run my own program without specifying its path
Let's suppose I have compiled something and I run it like so:
$ /path/to/my/executable/mycmd
Hello World
What do I need to do to run it like
$ mycmd
Hello World
from everywhere in my computer?
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How to keep track of installed software
Every now and then I'm in need of updating a software running on one of our testservers at work (mostly Debian). What really confuses me almost every time is the fact that there is not just one way to ...
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Where should I put my source code? [duplicate]
I am using multiple tools developed by the suckless people which are not configured via a config file but via their source code (in this case C) and then simply installed through make install. So I am ...
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How should I install software from source so that I can make my configuration manageable and reproducible?
I work with a lot of scientific software on Linux distributions (normally Debian variants and Red Hat variants). In order to maximize performance and get access to the latest features, it's often ...
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where to store files from source [closed]
New to Linux (kinda) I'm wanting to set up my system for building from source. I have read that packages built from source should go into /usr/local/src. However, I have also seen on other forums ...
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