- Lab
- A Cloud Guru
Compiling from Source
In this hands-on lab, we will install software from source code on a CentOS7 system. Installing from the source code gives us an appreciation of using package managers such as dpkg and rpm, but it's also good experience to be able to install from source if necessary.
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Challenge
Locate and Extract the Source File Archive
- The source file archive has been placed in the
/home/cloud_user
directory and must be extracted prior to use. Use the following command to extract the archived .tar file in/home/cloud_user
:tar xzf htop-2.2.0.tar.gz
This extracts the archive into the newly created folder
htop-2.2.0
within/home/cloud_user
.
- The source file archive has been placed in the
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Challenge
Run the Configure Script to Prepare the Source for Installation
- Change to the
htop
source directory.
cd htop-2.2.0
- Run the configuration script to prepare the source.
./configure
- Change to the
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Challenge
Compile the Source Code into Usable Binaries
- Compile the source code.
make
This command will display output to the screen as it compiles the source code into binaries.
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Challenge
Install the Binaries
- Once the source code has compiled, run the following command to install the resulting binaries on the system:
sudo make install
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Challenge
Run the `htop` Utility to Verify That Installation Was Successful
- When the binaries are installed, execute the
htop
command to verify that the installation was successful.
htop
- When the binaries are installed, execute the
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Challenge
Remove the Installation
- Removing the installation is similar to installation. From the source directory
/home/cloud_user/htop-2.2.0
, execute the following command:
sudo make uninstall
- Removing the installation is similar to installation. From the source directory
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