Questions tagged [compile]
To compile is to convert the source code of a program into lower-level machine code that can be executed on a computing device.
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Which RAID setup to use for a build-computer?
I am wanting to setup a computer(actually multiple with the same setup) to build and compile programs. Security of the data is not important, and space for the most part is not important. (as in, 40G ...
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Where to get glib-config for Kubuntu?
I'm trying to compile Midnight Commander on a KUbuntu 9.10 (Karmic) box with no root access. I've set up a directory under $HOME, downloaded the mc source package and various stuff required for ...
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QT Creator 64-bit Snow Leopard
I have a bunch of libraries that I need to link against that I installed via macports. They are 64-bit libraries. I'm working on an application written with QT Creator and the .pro is set up. I ...
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Linux, recompiling from source
I'm relatively new to Linux but I've been messing around with a Ubuntu VM to get more acclimated with it. I set up SSH, Apache, PHP, MySQL, Ruby, Rails, Passenger, and Git to mess around with my web ...
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Detect compiler used for EXE file
Is there any way to detect (or to hide) the compiler that was used to build an executable file?
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Is it usually necessary to do make and then make install?
This is something that has always bugged me. It seems like I always see build instructions for building and then installing something saying to do this:
make
sudo make install
Is there really any ...
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How do I determine the target HArdware platform that my compiler is compiling for?
I have a centOS 5.3 box with intel Xeon processors. A friend of mine was looking around and said my binaries are being compiled with an AMD target. Doesn't ./configure (like when building apache) ...
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Can you skip the "checking.." steps when running ./configure?
$ ./configure
configure: configuring for GNU Wget 1.11
checking build system type... i686-apple-darwin10.0.0
checking host system type... i686-apple-darwin10.0.0
checking whether make sets $(...
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Which PC components make the biggest impact on your compile times for Visual Studio?
Which PC specifications have the biggest impact on your compile times? Disk? Clock speed? Number of CPU cores?
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Is there a way to compile from source and keep track of updates automatically?
See the question - if I want to build the latest version of an app from the source, am I doomed to checking for updates manually? Is there a better way to do this?
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