1. sourceinstall(1)
2. Debra
3. sourceinstall(1)

NAME

sourceinstall - install from a source tarball

SYNOPSIS

sourceinstall tarball [-b bootstrap] [-f flags] [-p prefix] [-d destdir] [-i install] [-c command] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

Sourceinstall automates the fetch, extract, install cycle frequently encountered when working with source archives. Options are provided for adding a bootstrap command, customizing the ./configure command, or customising the destination directory. The -c option bypasses the standard bootstrap, ./configure, make, make install process entirely and runs command instead.

OPTIONS

Options may be set multiple times. In all cases, the last one wins.

tarball

Path or URI to a source tarball.

-b bootstrap

Bootstrap command to run before beginning ./configure, make, make install. This command is run from the root of the extracted tarball.

-f flags

Flags passed to ./configure.

-p prefix

Prefix passed to ./configure. Shortcut to the --prefix flag which will override any --prefix set in flags.

-d destdir

Destination directory passed to make install as DESTDIR.

-i install

Make target to run instead of install.

-c command

Command to run instead of ./configure, make, make install. This command is run from the root of the extracted tarball.

-h

Show a help message.

AUTHOR

Richard Crowley r@rcrowley.org

SEE ALSO

Part of debra(1).

2. January 2011
3. sourceinstall(1)