[Ilugc] Re: Make file
- From: arun289@xxxxxxxxx (Arun Venkataswamy)
- Date: Sat Jan 9 10:47:42 2010
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Mohan R <mohan43u@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there any particular need for compiling Softwares from the source?? is
it not enough to get the packages and install them?
Few reasons-
* To link against local libraries. The configure scripts are intelligent
enough to find out what is present and what is not. For example, the
BlueZ Bluetooth utils package (Debian 4.x) leaves certain parts like the
pass key agent to be compiled locally (the C version)
* Extreme cases - In a very security sensitive installation, you can audit
the entire or portions of the source code before deployment.
* If the software is dependent on hardware, in most cases, you will have to
compile it yourself.
* In some cases the binary package, for general usage might not have
compiled in special features of the software (which can be selected in the
configure script)
The greatest way to learn 'all about' Linux is to build it from scratch.
Compile every package, including compiling GCC itself through boot
strapping! Search for "Linux From Scratch". < A recommendation for every
student and people with lots of time.
Arun
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