Internal Building GCLinux Packages

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  • Extract the source to /usr/src
tar xfv foobar-1.3.2.tar.gz -C /usr/src
  • Navigate to your directory
cd /usr/src/foobar-1.3.2
  • Use /usr as your configure script prefix
./configure --prefix=/usr
  • Build the source
make
  • Critical Step: Install the source into a temporary directory
mkdir /tmp/foobar
make DESTDIR=/tmp/foobar install
  • Navigate to your temp directory and tar it up
cd /tmp/foobar
tar czf gc-foobar-1.3.2.tar.gz *
  • You now have a tarball gc-foobar-1.3.2.tar.gz that can be extracted to the root on GC boxes
On a system you want to install the package:

tar xfv gc-foobar-1.3.2.tar.gz -C /

Notes

Make sure to make install any dependencies using the same $DESTDIR temporary directory you've created.