Hello, I’m a bit new to advanced linux and programming stuffs… Can someone explain me why compiling exists and what this process does and how to do it in the principals situations (I’ve heard that you can use the “makepkg” command). Thx to everyone who replied.

  • f00f/eris@startrek.website
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    7 months ago

    In that case makepkg isn’t compiling anything, it’s just packaging the existing binaries so that they can be more easily installed and recognized by your package manager.

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      7 months ago

      like linking all the files and make a clean package? So makepkg does everything from the start to end of the compiling process

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        7 months ago

        Yeah, basically. makepkg automates the process of creating an Arch package, and while usually that involves compiling source code, sometimes it just means converting proprietary software that has already been compiled into a different format.