Compiling Software from Source

Compiling software can be a daunting task, especially if you've never done it before. To get more familiar, I'll walk through compiling three free software projects. Follow along at home with the links below!

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[Borsting]

Normal tutorial on youtube = gitclone > make > and this is all you have to do to compile from source. - > 5 min video.
Nerd on the street tutorial on youtube = What you actually have to do to compile from source. 50 min video.
And that goes for pretty much any tutorial you share with us. I really do appreciate that you take your time and listen to your followers. Thanks again, Jacob!

[danielbuenrostro]

Dude, I've been avoiding building from source for so long because I felt overwhelmed with the tutorials one can find online. This is such a great video with tons of useful tips and tricks. Now I'll finally be able to compile Vim with copy/paste support enabled, lol.

Thanks a bunch, keep up the good work!

[gabitoqbito]

Great video! This is actually a faithful representation of the building from source process: poor documentation, missing dependencies, typos, and a lot of patience :D

[Albert-fjwp]

A student trying to learn linux and this video really helped me to understand that there's cmake and meson and installing random dependencies aren't that scary. I've managed to compile tmux from source as well.

[TheJobCompany]

Aaah! Compiling from source. A GNU/Linux user's first joy.

[iane]

Thank you for going the extra mile with this. Really appreciate it.

[kychemclass]

Thank you so much. I learned a lot from this and managed to cope with a "curses" missing dependency due to your video and finally compile my chosen source files.

[burntt]

When I was young and first tired Linux I remember getting really frustrated because I couldn’t install anything. I remembered later that I was trying to install stuff from source.. haha yeah good luck brand new Linux child.

I’ve been getting interested with compiling software lately since I’ve been reading on different Linux distros and how some compile most software and I haven’t really done it very much in my Linux life. So many things seem to use Linux now than way back..

Wonderful info and video sir. Super subbed.

[burntt]

17:27 bless you for figuring out that… it would’ve bothered me until the end of time… I’d have to recreate this entire thing in a vm just to go to sleep tonight.

[PetrosSharp]

Great stuff. My thumb up for this. By the way in case of krita there is arch linux krita package web page where all required dependencies are listed.

[catsartpics]

Very, helpful video Jacob! A few questions as I'm running Slackware. Would making a separate (subdir) within the main directory of the program I need assist with keeping those lib's or install lib's and binaries out of the whole system? And, If I can't find the program in the Slack Builds directory and have to go get a .deb or .rpm pkg and convert it to a slackware pkg will that be a problem during compilation or final install?

[fbifido]

@27:40 - Now that we compile it, how do you create an install package for Krida so that I can give someone to just install it into their system?

[LydiaScherr]

Hi Nerd on the Street, thank you for this video! I created a web automation app using Python. My department wants to be able to use it as well, however, I am not sure how to export it so others can use as a desktop application. If you have any specific guidance on this please let me know. I have done some searching, and have not succeeded so far. Thank you again!

[comosaycomosah]

ooh whats the setting to have dolphin turn transparent when you move it only

[burntt]

34:54 yup thanks for that one too.
I do the same thing trying to break the habit and get people to hear something other than a titans slang word

[yash]

45:07 any way to specify all those package names to be searched in one command?

[wolfganggosejacob]

Hello, i'm looking actually Minute 3 and looking forward for new knowledge.

Your're talking about compiling three different programs and I have the question about compiling a driver for my Linux Kernel....

1. question is: how does this work (in example the driver ch340 used by Chinese clones of Arduino) which seems not to be supported in Linux Mint 19, perhaps in newer versions or other distributions with newer kernels?

2. question: do I have to compile the driver after every update of the kernel and should I have attention on my own if the Linux kernel is updated and the connection to the Arduino Board does not work afterwards?

3. Question: did you made already a video about this topic/ do you know a manual about this?

(now looking the rest of this video)

add: i'm using "cura" for Linux which is provided as a Appimage. I have seen that one configuration file, that I want to edit, is in the Appimage, which I can't edit.
I I don't know if the program cura is available as source code (i think so) for compiling my own version (the manual for compiling seems to be in this video ;) ).

so there are are two other questions:
- how to build Appimage out of my compiled Programm and
- how to decompile/edit/new compile the Appimage.

(this question seems to be similar to build a flat-pack or a snap or a docker container ?!?!)

thank you for providing this video with showing errors and finding a solution for dependencies.... linux is very crazy for people who are willing to switch from the operating system from Redmond.... 🤔😳🙄

[tonybell]

Tried finding other tube videos, found this! Thank you….. first time compiling ….

[mrri]

Hello I’m having trouble compiling multiple c# source code files into exe, it would be very helpful if you can give me some tips on how to resolve that. Thank you.

[FirmanAsa]

Isn't the bluetooth for wireless controller support?