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Compiling Software - A General Guide

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This article will present a general outline of how to compile open source software from source code. A lot of software follow a GNU convention, which makes them fairly straightforward to compile. However, a lot of research-specific software do not follow this convention. Despite this, the key points of installation are the similar. It is just that the GNU way systematizes it in a consistent way.

Overview

  • Installing without admin privileges
  • Application only vs development package
  • Installation directory structure
  • Language