Internal Building GCLinux Packages

• 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.