Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Dotan Cohen]

>> To compile a package from source in Linux, you have to go to a console and
>> type the following:
>>
>> tar -xvf source.tar.gz
>> cd directory
>> ./configure
>> make
>> sudo make install
>>
>> 5 little lines of text that can be put on a website for easy copy/pasting.
>>
> But that has prerequisite knowledge on the user's part...like how files
> and directories are laid out in a Linux-based operating system.
>

Not at all. You can copy and paste that without knowing what it is doing.

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