Reply To: How-to: Installing new applications on Antix

[wildstar84Member]

You forgot the “last resort” & most complicated, but most optimized and Linux/Unixey way!:

Download "tarball" (App.tar.bz2 / App.tar.gz)
$>tar xf App.tar..
$>cd App
vi README && vi INSTALL  #(to see what "libxxx-dev" packages you need to install)
$>export CFLAGS="-march=native"
$>export CDDFLAGS="-march=native"
$>./configure --prefix=/usr/local     #Keep your custom-compiled app separate from the system's apps.
[do "Sign of the cross" and cross your fingers behind your back]
$>make
If errors:
   -- fetch any "libxxx-dev" you/they forgot (if it complains).
   $>make   #again after fixing it's complaints, if any.
Endif
$>sudo make install
Enjoy your shiny new app compiled and optimized for your hardware!

Cheers! 😀

• This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by wildstar84.