Questions related to compiling software, normally using the "make" command.
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How to upload package with dependencies to my PPA?
I made a package for my PPA and uploaded it. It built without any problems.
Then I made another package that depended on the first and uploaded it. It failed because it couldn't find the files in the ...
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How to install a .tar.gz (or .tar.bz2) file?
I have downloaded tar.gz files. But I don't know how to install it. How do I install this kind of file?
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How do I build Unity from source?
I'd like to know how I would build Unity from source code in the current development release. Please cover the following topics:
Which packages are needed to compile Unity?
Where would I get the ...
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Launchpad failed to build after “quickly submitubuntu” [closed]
I uploaded my python project by running "quickly submitubuntu", but it failed to build on Launchpad. "quickly submitubuntu" is supposed to add package dependencies automatically, but the error log ...
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If I build a package from source how can I uninstall or remove completely?
I used source code to build one package such as below:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --libexecdir=/usr/lib --with-package-name="Myplugin" ...
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How to compile source code from a tarball? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install a .tar.gz file?
please explain in an easy way.
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How do I find the dependencies when building software from source?
Here is what I have done.
I downloaded foxtrotgps.1.1.1.tar.gz as it is the latest to /home/crash/usr/local.src
I extracted it to my /home/crash/usr/local/src as directory /foxtrotgps.1.1.1
I then ...
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Build Ubuntu from source, for speed [closed]
I've read about how source-based linux distros like Gentoo and Arch can have considerable performance increases when compared to pre-built distros like Ubuntu because they install from source with ...
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Is it better to compile from source or to install from a .deb package?
Sometimes, when downloading software from the Internet, I find that there is a .deb package ready for either my Debian/Ubuntu and also a tarball to be compiled. In the beginning I would simply use the ...
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Compiling AVLD on 11.04
I'm trying to install AVLD 1.4 on Natty.
I've unpacked the files, but when I compile them with make, it fails:
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic-pae/build M=/home/jmendeth/Downloads/avld_0.1.4 ...
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How can I install a realtime kernel?
I have read a lot of threads with similar questions, but after reading the answers, I am very confused. I have found in them lots of url's with repositories but people discusses about which ...
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What's a simple way to recompile the kernel?
I'm interested in compiling a new kernel under Ubuntu 12.04 x86 64 bit.
I found this wiki page which is basically a mirror for this blog and there are a lot of steps (git, etc.) that appear useless ...
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How do I install the latest version of node.js?
How do I install node.js in Ubuntu? I've been looking around, and I can't find anything. Is there a Ubuntu package for node.js, or do I have to compile it myself?
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How are packages actually installed via apt-get install?
When using the apt-get install method to install a package onto ubuntu, is there any fundamental difference between obtaining the source code for that package and building it from scratch? Does the ...
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How to compile C++ source code (“iostream.h not found” error)?
I do not want to discuss about C++ or any programming language!I just want to know what am i doing wrong with linux ubuntu about compiling helloworld.cpp!
I am learning C++ so my steps are:
open ...
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Building own kernel on ubuntu
I'm trying to build my own kernel, as I want to write a kernel program which I need to compile into the kernel.
So what did I do? Download from kernel.org, extract, do the make menuconfig and ...
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How do I install the build dependencies for Android?
I'm trying build the Android source using these packages. ButI am getting this error:
$ sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential zip curl zlib1g-dev gcc-multilib ...
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Recompile all packages and trigger on updates
I am using Ubuntu on a bespoke router and after seeing the latency drops capable with custom compiling on Gentoo, I would like to recompile all packages with CFLAGS="-march=atom". The guide for this ...
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Error when I try to compile the kernel 2.6.37
I have downloaded the kernel 2.6.37 from kernel.org.
I have tried to compile it but I get an error:
$ make menuconfig
scripts/kconfig/conf --silentoldconfig Kconfig
***
*** Configuration file ...
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1answer
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How to get 32 bit version of libraries on Ubuntu 64 bit?
I'm trying to compile a program which uses Google's V8 library (which is 32 bit). Therefore any library I use within my program also has to be 32 bit. Where can I download the 32 bit version of ...
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Madwifi Driver Installation Error : “Cannot detect kernel version”
I cannot get past this error when trying to run "make" on the driver source.
Makefile.inc:81: *** Cannot detect kernel version - please check compiler and KERNELPATH. Stop.
Does anyone know the ...
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Kernel compile error with iw_ndis.c
I have a hp pavilion dm3t with intel HD graphics running ubuntu 10.10 64 bit. I'm trying to compile and install a patched kernel according to this,
...
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Compile 32bit kernel on 64bit machine
I'm trying to compile a kernel for a 32bit single-core Intel Atom machine. Needless to say, the compile is taking inordinate amounts of time. It's been going for 2 hours and it's still only halfway ...
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1answer
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Receiving error while trying to debug in QtProject
I installed the latest version of the QtProject so now I can debug C++ code.
While trying to debug for the first time I got this error:
ptrace: Operation not permitted.
Could not attach to the ...
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How to download, modify, build and install a Debian source package?
If I want to make minor changes to the source code of a Debian package, how do I go about downloading, incrementing the package version, building the (modified) source, and installing it on my ...
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Can't build gcc anymore since upgrade to 11.10
On Monday I've upgraded to from Ubuntu 11.04 (my initial installation) to 11.10 and now I can't build gcc from source anymore. Since I forgot to uninstall the gcc package before the upgrade, Ubuntu ...
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Does compiling programs from source speed up my operating system?
Somewhere I read that I should remove default programs in ubuntu and then compile and install them again for speeding up my os.
Is this true?
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The best way to compile a kernel for an i7 processor?
I have compiled my own kernels for a while now. I started when I got my i7 processor and wanted its turbo boost to work properly. I've since bought an SSD so continue to benefit from a more recent ...
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How to solve configure: error: readline library not found?
I have an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server with a minimal install that I want to compile postgres on. With the minimal install the server did not have gcc so I had to do an apt-get install gcc but now I keep ...
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How do I install glib?
I want to build the Empathy in Ubuntu 11.04.
When I follow the build process,
./autogen.sh
The shell said to me that
libtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
checking for autoconf >= ...
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Installing CoverGloobus
Is there any easier way to install Covergloobus 1.6 in Ubuntu 10.10 ? PPA doesnt work , tried to compile it but failed , are there any other ways??
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How to speed up compilation of Ubuntu apps (make, cmake, gcc)
I am compiling some programs here and I have 4 cores. Is there a way to tell make, cmake or gcc to compile using all cores or something to that affect.
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Why does gsl-library not compile/link in 11.10, despite that it did under 11.04 with the same makefile and program?
I have a problem with the gsl library in Oneiric - after upgrade from Natty to Oneiric I cannot build a program anymore with my own makefile, despite the fact that in QT Creator everything works fine ...
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How to solve dpkg-source source problem when building a package?
Has anyone here had some experience creating a Debian / Ubuntu package? I am trying to backport the lammps package (http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/lammps) from Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal) to Ubuntu ...
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determining what files a package updates / copying software between machines
How do I determine which files comprise an application (built from source, not from a repo), so I can copy it?
I built an application from source, but because the libraries it needed to build were ...
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GPG can't check signature
I was trying to recompile and rebuild libevent2 source from oneiric on my natty server and I had a small error with gpg not being able to check signature
# dpkg-source -x libevent_2.0.12-stable-1.dsc
...
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PPA hosting packages not built on launchpad build farm
Is it possible to build the deb packages in house and then upload the binaries to launchpad PPA, instead of uploading the source package and let it build by the build farm ?
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How to build ubuntuone-client so that it doesn't depend on nautilus and gnome
Basically I want to build ubuntuone-client so that it doesn't have nautilus and gnome related dependencies. Can this be done? if so how?
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Compiling program that requires python 2.6
I'm trying to compile a software package but it fails with
g++ -Wall -O0 -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/include/python2.6 -I/usr/include/python2.5 -g -pthread -fpic -I../../plot/src -I../../math/src ...
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Now that I built Unity How do I Install it?
Hello there I built my own custom unity 6.2 and I built it so that it is in my home directory. I like how it looks now and want to replace the unity that I have installed on my system with the one ...
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How do I compile sndpeek on the latest ubuntu?
What do I sudo apt-get as prerequisite to be able to make install sndpeek. Also, there are three options, make linux-alsa, make linux-oss, and make linux-jack. Which is appropriate to current ...
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How to compile wine
I am a Wine PPA user for Scott Ritchie for several years and have loved that PPA but I want to start compiling Wine for testing purposes in another PC with Ubuntu.
So I have a couple of questions ...
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How can I compile Shotwell to be able to use the faces feature?
It seems shotwell has the capability, you just have to compile it. I tried to configure with --define=ENABLE_FACES but the feature isn't showing up. I used playya git which included a recent fix for a ...
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I think “/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build” points to incorrect folder
I compile/create my own deb packages of kernel with:
make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --initrd --append-to-version=$version --revision=1 kernel_image kernel_headers
But when I install both packages, in ...
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Linking error when trying to compile on a shared drive
I am trying to compile OpenCV library on a shared drive on my system. I was able to configure and generate makefiles successfully by using these settings, but when i try to compile I get the following ...
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When will the sdl 1.3 libraries be available (implementing force feedback), or how do I compile them?
I want to use sdl force feedback for my joystick and use it on dolphin-emu.
I need the 1.3 sdl libraries and only 1.2 are available. I tried to build them, but with no luck.
Can anyone help?
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Installing GNU arm Toolchain?
Please, do tell me the procedure to compile and install the GNU arm Toolchain "arm-2010q1-202-arm-none-linux-gnueabi" which I downloaded from codesourcey website.
I could not find the deb packages.
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How do I compile kernel modules? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install development tools for 12.10?
I need to compile kernel modules under Ubuntu version 12.10
What is the build command please? (I am new to Linux and ...
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Qutecom Compilation Problem
i try to compile Qutecom 2.2.1 on my ubuntu. I try to follow the instruction but it give me an error. i try to
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
Thanks for any help.
CMake Warning (dev) at ...
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where or how to compile or download libzdb-devel
I'm trying to compile the development library for libzdb, because dbmail requires this dev package to compile.
While I've downloaded and compiled the package from libzdb, this is just the regular ...
