Everything that includes the source code of Unix programs for example compiling, installing or how to retrieve the code for studying.
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CheckInstall on CentOS
I am attempting to make CheckInstall on a clean version of CentOS however I am having difficulty, I receive the following error:
[root@host checkinstall-1.6.2]# make
for file in ...
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Failed make when installing madplay source
I am attempting to get madplay installed on my shared host
I've run:
./configure --prefix=$HOME CPPFLAGS="-I /home/dir/include" LDFLAGS="-L /home/dir/lib"
and then "make", but on that on run into ...
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Installing Git, Curl, and Expat from Source
I have a RHEL 6.4 VM provisioned by my companies internal KVM.
We are having some trouble using yum (Cannot retrieve repository metadata, which Ive confirmed in this case is peculiar to my company's ...
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python3.3 build from source
When running make test while doing a build from source for python3.3 I had 25 tests skipped and 14 skips unexpected on linux.
OS Debian 7.0 64 bit server.
How can I figure out what packages are ...
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When should one compile and install from source?
To install software on a Linux system, many tools like yum, apt-get, rpm, dpkg and so on are available to either fetch a package from a repository or install a downloaded package.
Alternatively, it ...
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Building from source on linux - mess in installed packages [duplicate]
Everytime when I want to build application from source on linux, I have to install dependencies libraries in my operating system (ubuntu).
Typical scenario:
Start ./configure
Got error about missing ...
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Where in the linux kernel sources can I find a list of the different keyboard scancodes?
I was looking for a list of keyboard scancodes in the linux kernel sources, but I did not find anything. Does someone know where to find these? Especially the USB scancodes would be interesting.
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Shell Script : Check for all the source files in different paths
This is the naming convention of the file.
<yearmonthdate>_<sourcesystem>_<totalnoofpartsof file>_<subject area>_<part number>.dat (or .dat.gz)
First part is Date,
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Is it possible to trace Linux source from initial bootup to desktop-GUI userland code?
I am wondering if, since Linux is 100% open-source, it is possible to follow line-by-line instructions of Linux to observe how the OS works entirely, so that one may get a better knowledge of how OSes ...
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“Kernel panic - not syncing” after building Centos-6/elrepo 3.10.19 kernel from source
I need to rebuild the Centos-6 / elrepo 3.10.19 kernel from source.
Background: the GVision touch screen drivers are incompatible with kernels > 3.8 and require source code patches to add code to ...
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How to view source of “string.h” and other library function source code in gedit of Ubuntu?
I remember viewing source code of library function but now I don't know how to view it. Can someone help me viewing source code of library function?
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How can I determine the date when a piece of software was installed from source?
I've been asked to find out when a specific version of software was installed. The only thing I have to go on are the modification times of the directories in question. I'm having a hard time ...
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How do I know on which IDE to edit a project's source code?
EDIT:
Thanks to all answerers and commenters, there's enough material to keep me busy for a while !
I recently switch to Linux and wanted to do my first development steps with the following ...
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What is the website for `say` program?
Embarrassing, but after system upgrade say vanished from it -- either it is no longer provided by the distro, or I installed it independently before (but I don't remember how and where from).
The ...
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Where Do I get Source package for Perf tool
I am looking for source package of perf tool ,which I wanted to compile for ARM
Linux ,I have already set up the cross compile tool chain.
I have compiled the the oprofile and got it ...
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2answers
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Is there a distribution-independent tool to autocompile+install dependencies?
I like the way e.g. ArchLinux' yaourt (or if you're not that lazy, abs+makepkg; and from what I read so far, Gentoo's ebuild as well) automatically take care of obtaining, compiling and installing ...
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Modify and boot linux kernel on mobile device [closed]
During my education I have been developing Android iOS apps and websites for almost 18 months. Now, as my final year project, I am working on Linux source code with the goal to boot it on a mobile ...
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Help for download the android by the Cygwin Terminal
I have a problem for download android by Cygwin Terminal in windows. I use this guide for download it:
- 1) Download cygwin from http://cygwin.com/install.html.
- 2) Install cygwin with defaults.In ...
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Where to place source code for applications compiled from source?
In the past when I have compiled applications from source I have extracted the source code to ~/src and compiled from there.
I realize now that there may be no need for me to create the ~/src ...
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Can't install software in Debian 6
I installed Debian 6 Squeez on my virtual machine and I can't install software using aptitude or apt-get. This is my sources.list file:
root@debian:/etc/apt# cat sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian ...
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Can I use yum to manage a “package” installed from source
I am running CentOS 5.5. I need to upgrade some packages to newer versions, unfortunately they're not available. I am stuck building from source.
Is there a simple way to use yum to manage ...
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Difficulty installing PHP from source to CentOS 6.4
The problem:
After installing PHP from source, functionality is not present - my phpinfo test page does not work. If I use yum to install from the repository functionality is restored.
Why am I ...
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How to use the “source” command to do parallel computing?
For example, I have an executable called ex01 (C++ program).
And I have a text file that contains a set of invocations of this program with different arguments.
The text file looks like this:
...
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How to install kdesudo in OpenSUSE 12.3
I'm hoping this is a stupid question with a simple answer, but I've been hunting around for half an hour and cannot find a way to install kdesudo in OpenSUSE 12.3.
I need to use kdesudo because kdesu ...
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How to install newer version of packages on scientific linux ? (besides source)
I just installed the newest SL6.4. I use c++11 and I tried to install the latest gcc (4.8.1) using gsrc (gsrc automates install).
the problem that i faced is that SL's zlib was too old. Meaning, zlib ...
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Error trying to build pango (1.34.1) and harfbuzz (0.9.18) from source
So I'm trying to build pango from source (in my home directory, as a dependency to something else I need). This is on a computing cluster running SLES 11. When compiling, I get the following error:
...
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How to config my.cfg file for mysql which was installed from sources?
I installed MySQL 5.6 from sources on debian.
MySQL folder is /usr/local/mysql.
Here is several question:
1) I would like to config my.cfg. But I couldn't find several parameters:
socket ...
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How can I build fdupes from source on Ubuntu?
I would like to make a few changes to the fdupes code. I know I can grab the source code from the website - but is there a better way on Ubuntu / Debian?
After getting the source this way where is ...
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Build binary and dependencies without sudo
I want to install a piece of software (rtorrent) from source to my home folder. It depends on ncurses, which is not installed. I've installed ncurses to my home folder by using the PREFIX option ...
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debian cannot install kernel source
I want to use debian linux for my laptop again. So I took my old debian 6.0 cds and installed it.
From the last time I know, that I have to build the driver for my Atheros AR8151 Gigabit Ethernet ...
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printing .cpp file from command line using emacs
The goal is to print a set of *.cpp files on a network printer, but... in a way that the (color) printer prints the files like they appear in the c++ editor including the colors and highlighting. And ...
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How do I remove/uninstall a program that I have complied from source? [duplicate]
How do I remove a program that I have compiled from source using the ./configure; make; make install method? Does it matter whether I have kept the original directory that the source was stored in or ...
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Use a specific interface for a specific destination subnet (source IP setting)
I am looking for some sort of routing trickery to set a specific source IP:
Local machine has two IPs;
Eth1: 192.168.0.1
Eth1:2 192.168.0.2
Default gateway is 192.168.0.254 via Eth1
Remote subnet ...
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Browse Bash files for a distribution
With my current OS, my LANG value is set by
/etc/profile.d/lang.sh
I am curious of the code for another distribution, Linux Mint for example. How could I browse this code online, or perhaps ...
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Unable to add source via command line
I am trying to install latest version of glusterfs in Ubuntu
by running this command:
apt-add-repository ppa:semiosis/glusterfs-3.2
It does not give any result.
The session won't even close ...
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Chat source code
Source code of chat program (used for dialog with modem) is open? If it is so, where I can find it? I'm try find it, but no success.
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What is the 't' folder?
I'm mainly a Windows guy, programming C#, but I often do use technologies that were intended for Linux machines like git, MySQL, perl scripts, memcached, php, etc... And therefore I am exposed to ...
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Where should I keep the source files of the compiled applications?
I use Slackware Linux and I install most applications from the source. I would like to know how to manage the source files, specially the header files, so they are available to other applications.
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Confused about ident
I inherited a bunch of files that begin with the following statement at the top
Ident:/some/path/to/a/file
Ident seems to be related to C coding and make files but I am not really sure. None of the ...
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Running “patch” without generating *.orig and *.rej files
Is it possible to tell patch not to generate .orig and .rej files?
I find it extremely annoying that patch creates these.
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Where to find the source code for ps?
I want to check out the source code for commands such as ps. It seems to be impossible to search LXR (linux.no) for "ps". Where do I find it?
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source script as command [closed]
For some reason (?), often when I write scripts nowadays they do not work, or work only in part, and then I try with . or source and they work perfectly. I'm unsure what is causing this as the scripts ...
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Given a git patch id, how to find out which kernel release contains it?
Assume I have some issue that was fixed by a recent patch to the official Linux git repository. I have a work around, but I’d like to undo it when a release happens that contains my the fix. I know ...
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How to start changing linux source code to make custom OS?
I am doing Under Graduation in CS Major, have medium level knowledge in C, C++, and Java and also learned some operating system concepts (as they are in my course syllabus). I have heard that we can ...
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Source code of original Netscape Navigator
Where is it possible to download the source code of the first open source browser Netscape Navigator released in about 1998?
I already searched for it and wasn't able to find the original version of ...
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Getting the source for something that doesn't seem to have an associated package?
I recently just wanted to look at the source code for sha1sum.
alec@ROOROO:~/tmp-source-study$ apt-get source sha1sum
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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How should I install software from source so that I can make my configuration manageable and reproducible?
I work with a lot of scientific software on Linux distributions (normally Debian variants and Red Hat variants). In order to maximize performance and get access to the latest features, it's often ...
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Where is best place to find sources of standard linux command line tools?
Into: I like learning by reading sources. But it's tiring of searching them across internet splited on many many different project sites. I'd love to see central browsable repo with sources of many ...
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Build Chromium from source
I'm using Fedora 16 and I've successfully compiled Chromium from source (the first time I compiled something from source) a while back following these instructions:
...
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build-dep firefox not working on Linux Mint
I'm on the latest Linux Mint 12. In order to compile Firefox I need to do a
sudo apt-get build-dep firefox
which isn't working and showing the following error:
$ sudo apt-get build-dep firefox
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