Linux-Miscellaneous

Linux-Miscellaneous

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Linux installation⌘

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Linux distributions⌘

• Debian (https://www.debian.org/)
• Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/)
• Linux Mint (http://www.linuxmint.com/)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (http://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux)
• Fedora (http://fedoraproject.org/)
• CentOS (http://www.centos.org/)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise (https://www.suse.com/pl-pl/)
• openSUSE (http://www.opensuse.org/en/)
• Gentoo Linux (https://www.gentoo.org/)
• Linux From Scratch (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/)

Linux installation and configuration⌘

• Installation and configuration steps vary depending on Linux distribution in use
• Distributions rank (http://distrowatch.com/):
  1. Linux Mint
  2. Ubuntu
  3. Debian
  4. Mageia
  5. openSUSE
• Lab Exercise MSC.1

Software compilation⌘

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Software installation from sources⌘

• Download the software from a dedicated repository, website or other source
• Extract the software using an appropriate archivisation tool
• Read README and INSTALL files if included
• Check whether the configure script is included. Omit the next step if no
• Execute the following command:

./configure --prefix /usr/local

• If any errors occur fix them, remove the config.cache file and repeat the last step.
• Execute the following command:

make

• If any errors occur fix them, execute the following command and repeat the last step:

make clean

• Execute the following command:

make install

Software installation from sources #2⌘

• configure:
  • checks required parameters of the hardware and OS and writes these information to the config.cache file
  • creates the Makefile file containing:
    • rules - how to build the targets
    • targets - what exactly to build
  • specifies the location of the software to be installed
• make:
  • builds / compiles the software based on the Makefile file
• make clean:
  • removes the files built by the make command
• make install:
  • installs the files built by the make command in directories specified during the configure command execution