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Proper way to build from sources

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202623856 views
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Problem

I am logged in as a regular user. Should I use: or or when installing packages. And could someone explain the differences. I want all users to be able to use it.

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./configure && make && make install

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Your 3rd version is correct, . Make and configure can be done as a normal user since you aren't trying to write files in a system directory, will often try to copy the binaries to /usr/bin or /bin which requires root access to write.

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