> $ apt-get build-dep $PROGRAM;
> $ apt-get source $PROGRAM;
> $ cd PROGRAM/;
> $ ./configure;
> $ make;
> $ make install;
>
> What is not easy about this? :-)
Well, for a start I reckon it would be possible to shorten that down
from 6 commands. Plus, a lot of binary packages are built with
specialised arguments passed to ./configure if I want to rebuild after
making some small changes how am I to know the arguments to pass?
If configure arguments are crucial, each package COULD contain a
script called `binconfigure' which runs `configure' using the
appropriate arguments.
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