I have source code how do i build package
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MOST OF THE time, especially in the Windows and Mac OS X world, we end users don’t have to compile our own software. The programmers of the software wrote the code, and then compiled it into a “binary executable” that’s designed to run on our particular type of computer and operating system.
Increasingly, though, with the popularity of open-source software, where the source code is available for one and all to read and enjoy, the final step of compiling the code into a runnable program is left up to the user. It needs to be compiled specifically for the type of system it’ll run on, and maintaining separate binaries for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X Tiger, Panther, Linux x86, and all the rest is a bother. Also, publishing just the code leaves users free to modify it, often with publicly available patches, before compiling, to customize it to their needs.
Increasingly, though, with the popularity of open-source software, where the source code is available for one and all to read and enjoy, the final step of compiling the code into a runnable program is left up to the user. It needs to be compiled specifically for the type of system it’ll run on, and maintaining separate binaries for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X Tiger, Panther, Linux x86, and all the rest is a bother. Also, publishing just the code leaves users free to modify it, often with publicly available patches, before compiling, to customize it to their needs.
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