Installing from Source v package management
17/02/2010
This paper will explore and contrast the basic principals of installing software by compiling it from source code, versus installation using a package management system. It will also look at the various pros and cons of each method.
Installing software on a Linux system is usually done in one of two ways 1) by manually compiling the source code into a machine-readable format, or 2) installing it as a pre-compiled package using your operating systems package management system.
