Building software from source code

Linux Development Series #1

• Introduction

• Obtaining the source code

  • Source Tarballs

  • CVS sources

• Development Tools

  • GCC Compiler

  • GNU Make

  • Autoconf

  • Automake

  • Libtool

  • Perl

• Compiling & Installation

  • 'Make'ing the executables

  • Installation

  • Post-installation configurations