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How to install software from source on Linux

asked 9 months, 1 week ago 870 views 1 answer

I need to install a program that is not available in the package manager. How do I compile from source?

hassan_ops Bronze 565 rep

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# Install build dependencies
sudo apt install build-essential

# Download and extract source
wget https://example.com/software.tar.gz
tar -xzvf software.tar.gz
cd software

# Standard build process
./configure
make
sudo make install

# Or with cmake
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install

linux_expert Bronze answered 9 months, 1 week ago

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