Jason W
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Posted: Mar. 29 2008,20:50 |
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Do you have a copy of the DSL book? It covers all the details about building the different extension types. It is a good idea for anyone to get it and read it before submitting any extensions, especially .tar.gz and .uci ones. Also, become familiar with building from source. Reading through Linux From Scratch would help a lot. I bought that book too and read it on vacation when I needed a Linux fix.
This is not the right section, and this is also covered in other places, so I will be brief. When I install into /opt, "./configure --prefix=/opt/package && make && make install" is the first step. I copy the resulting /opt/package/lib/pkgconfig/package.pc file (if there is one) to /usr/lib/pkgconfig and 'export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig' if I have multiple libraries or apps that will depend on each other in the extension. Without pkgconfig files, ./configure options may be used to tell an app where the libraries are. There are other steps like exporting library paths and such that can be needed, but this is a basic starting point. The LFS process involves installing things in non-standard places and is a good resource on compiling and package building.
Practice building and installing stuff and getting familiar with the details of making an extension of what you built. Build a few extensions, use them a while, and when you know you have a keeper submit it.
EDIT: I see Curaga beat me to it with /opt/package while I was writing.
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