Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Thanks all for all the detailed answers :) very helpful. On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > Muhammad Yousuf Khan writes: > >> Thanks all , thanks for the detailed answer but do you think compiling >> is a good solution to go-with, except installing the package from >> reposito

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Muhammad Yousuf Khan writes: > Thanks all , thanks for the detailed answer but do you think compiling > is a good solution to go-with, except installing the package from > repository. i have heard that people always suggest to install > packages from repository not by compiling. i know repo shou

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 31 ian 13, 14:47:14, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 13:29 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > _ easier to remove > > No, self compiled is as easy to remove as a package You are assuming that both 'make install' and 'make uninstall' are correct and maintained. At l

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread berenger . morel
Le 31.01.2013 14:47, Ralf Mardorf a écrit : On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 13:29 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: _ easier to remove No, self compiled is as easy to remove as a package Of course, there are the "make uninstall" & co commands, but can you use them with a centralized package

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
> > _ less dependencies (no need to install all *-dev packages of their > > dependencies, and their own dependencies, same for makefile > > The dependencies for the build package or directly installed software > are the same But it's not completely untrue, that there could appear dependency iss

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread Go Linux
--- On Thu, 1/31/13, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > From: Muhammad Yousuf Khan > Subject: make command understanding > To: "debian" > Date: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 1:44 AM > i normally install things from the > repository of debian by "apt-get > install" however just need to know if in case

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 13:29 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > _ easier to remove No, self compiled is as easy to remove as a package > _ easier to maintain No, simply build a package > _ tried by other (at least, by people who made them) Correct, they are tested by the community, t

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-01-31 at 17:15 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Thanks all , thanks for the detailed answer but do you think compiling > is a good solution to go-with, except installing the package from > repository. i have heard that people always suggest to install > packages from repository no

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2013 31 Jan 06:16 -0600, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > Thanks all , thanks for the detailed answer but do you think compiling > is a good solution to go-with, except installing the package from > repository. i have heard that people always suggest to install > packages from repository not by

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread berenger . morel
Le 31.01.2013 13:15, Muhammad Yousuf Khan a écrit : Thanks all , thanks for the detailed answer but do you think compiling is a good solution to go-with, except installing the package from repository. i have heard that people always suggest to install packages from repository not by compiling

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Thanks all , thanks for the detailed answer but do you think compiling is a good solution to go-with, except installing the package from repository. i have heard that people always suggest to install packages from repository not by compiling. i know repo should contain old release but stable one h

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 01/31/2013 08:44 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > i normally install things from the repository of debian by "apt-get > install" however just need to know if in case circumstances push me to > compile things at some point.so the question that i am asking is just > for learning purpose. > i have

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Reading the other replies, I suspect you are talking about compiling Debian source packages or something else, while make is not the only thing coders do use, for make you usually have to run three command configure make make install resp. "make love, not install" - from another Linux user

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-30 Thread berenger . morel
Le 31.01.2013 08:44, Muhammad Yousuf Khan a écrit : i normally install things from the repository of debian by "apt-get install" however just need to know if in case circumstances push me to compile things at some point.so the question that i am asking is just for learning purpose. i have see

Re: make command understanding

2013-01-30 Thread Artur Frydel
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > i normally install things from the repository of debian by "apt-get > install" however just need to know if in case circumstances push me to > compile things at some point.so the question that i am asking is just > for learning purpose