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A Configure script is an executable script designed to aid in developing a program to be run on a wide number of different computers.

A Configure script is an executable script designed to aid in developing a program to be run on a wide number of different computers. It matches the libraries on the user's computer, with those required by the program, just before compiling it from its source code.

As a common practice, all configure scripts are named "configure". Usually, configure scripts are written in Bash syntax, but they may be written for execution in any desired shell.

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DESTDIR and PREFIX of make

I am trying to make software install to a specific directory. I found several ways, but not sure what are the differences between them. ./configure --prefix=*** make install DESTDIR=*** make install prefix=*** I am confused about the functions of…
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What's the difference of "./configure" option "--build", "--host" and "--target"?

The script ./configure accepts 3 options --build, --host and --target. I'm confusing their roles. What's the difference and semantics of them?
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Why always ./configure; make; make install; as 3 separate steps?

Every time you compile something from source, you go through the same 3 steps: $ ./configure $ make $ make install I understand, that it makes sense to divide the installing process into different steps, but I don't get it, why each and every coder…
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How to add include and lib paths to configure/make cycle?

I need a place to install libraries in a linux box I have no su access to. I'm using ~/local[/bin,/lib,/include], but I don't know how can I tell ./configure to look for libraries there (particularly, I'm trying to compile emacs, which needs libgif,…
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How do I create a configure script?

This may sound like a very generic question but here it goes. I have a requirement to create a configure script for my application, the result of this configure would be a generated makefile (basic configure, make, make install). My question is,…
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what does --enable-optimizations do while compiling python?

I'm trying to compile Python 3.6 on an arm based Linux machine, ./configure outputs this: If you want a release build with all optimizations active (LTO, PGO, etc), please run ./configure --enable-optimizations. what does --enable-optimizations…
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What are various options / arguments for "./configure" in Linux

I have seen that while installing new software in Linux, I always have to use first configure it. But sometimes we need to pass various options like I did today to install lxml: ./configure --with-python=/opt/python27/bin/python --prefix=/usr/local…
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What does a typical ./configure do in Linux?

Why is it necessary even though everything is specified in a makefile?
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Build 32bit on 64 bit Linux using an automake configure script?

I'm using a 64bit system but want a set of 32bit binaries. What options must I pass to a configure script to generate a 32bit/x86 makefile?
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Confused about configure script and Makefile.in

I'm currently learning how to use the autoconf/automake toolchain. I seem to have a general understanding of the workflow here - basically you have a configure.ac script which generates an executable configure file. The generated configure script…
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How to resolve configure guessing build type failure?

When I configure (under cygwin environment), an error occurred, Message are following: $ ./configure ................. checking build system type... /bin/sh: ./config.guess: No such file or directory configure: error: cannot guess build type; you…
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why "make" before "make install"

I know the process of installing from source are. ./configure make make install But why "make" before /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, why not just do "make install"? My understanding so far is "make" only compile the source into executable file, and "make…
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"Logging out" of phpMyAdmin?

The error that I get on phpMyAdmin is the following The phpMyAdmin configuration storage is not completely configured, some extended features have been deactivated." I have googled and looked this up for a while now and the common answer that…
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Linux configure/make, --prefix?

Bear with me, this one's not very easy to explain... I'm trying to configure, make and make install Xfce into my buildroot build directory. When configuring I'm using --prefix=/home/me/somefolder/mybuild/output/target so that it builds to the…
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Append compile flags to CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS while configuration/make

The project that I am trying to build has default flags CFLAGS = -Wall -g -O2 CXXFLAGS = -g -O2 I need to append a flag -w to both these variables (to remove: 'consider all warnings as errors') I have a method to work it out, give make…
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