I need to know the commands required for compiling as tar xvf packagename.tar.xz ./configure or ccmake. make make install & thank you for your concern
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There’s a tutorial on how to compile packages - the example is curl, but in general can be used for any package, but some packages are more demanding than others, so you need to read the compile/installation readme of each source first:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-compile-and-install-packages-from-source-using-make-on-a-vps
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