Building and Installing Software Packages for Linux Building and Installing Software Packages for Linux Mendel Leo Cooper http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/v1.62, 19 August 1998This is a comprehensive guide to building and installing"generic" UNIX software distributions under Linux. Additionally, there is some coverage of packages targeted specifically for Linux.1. Introduction2. Unpacking the Files3. Using Make4. Prepackaged Binaries5. Termcap and Terminfo Issues6. Backward Compatibility With a.out Binaries6.1 An Example7. Troubleshooting7.1 Link Errors7.2 Other Problems7.3 Tweaking and fine tuning7.4 Where to go for more help8. Final Steps9. First Example: Xscrabble10. Second Example: Xloadimage11. Third Example: Fortune12. Where to Find Source Archives13. Final Words14. References and Further Reading