From the course: CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Cert Prep

Unlock the full course today

Join today to access over 24,200 courses taught by industry experts.

Install software from source

Install software from source - Linux Tutorial

From the course: CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Cert Prep

Start my 1-month free trial Buy for my team

Install software from source

“

- [Instructor] I highly recommend installing software from the package repositories, no matter which version of Linux you're using. But there are times when you need to download source code and compile it. The problem with compiling software is that it is more difficult to handle security updates and you do not have the protection of GPG-signed packages and repository indexes. I'm going to use Enterprise Linux for this exercise although the instructions are not that different for Ubuntu. The package names for the software compilers may be different with each distribution, and if you follow the documentation included with the software, you may only get instructions for one particular distribution type. Often I have to do a little detective work to get software to compile from source code. For this exercise, I've chosen to install Git from source code because the Git version that's included in the repositories on Enterprise…

Contents