Answer by user76204 for Can I update software installed from source code...
Another alternative for git users is worth mentioning:You can also use git pull after an earlier git clone to update your source code and then recompile your program if desired. (You can also use git...
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To manage your installations from source, please see my answer here: How to update packages compiled from source?
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It is best to note that a software's dependencies rarely change. If you have successfully compiled the software once, any subsequent versions should be easy to compile - all dependencies should be...
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According to this post you can generate a .deb package after you compile the sources. Then instead of "make install", you can install from the .deb package. That makes it easier to update (if it was in...
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Though its nearly a year since I started using Ubuntu, I have not attempted installing software from source. I didn't actually find the need to do so. But now I am working on a software which is at the...
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