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Mastering Linux Administration

You're reading from   Mastering Linux Administration A comprehensive guide to installing, configuring, and maintaining Linux systems in the modern data center

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789954272
Length 772 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Alexandru Calcatinge Alexandru Calcatinge
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Julian Balog Julian Balog
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Linux Basic Administration
2. Chapter 1: Installing Linux FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: The Linux Filesystem 4. Chapter 3: Linux Software Management 5. Chapter 4: Managing Users and Groups 6. Chapter 5: Working with Processes, Daemons, and Signals 7. Section 2: Advanced Linux Server Administration
8. Chapter 6: Working with Disks and Filesystems 9. Chapter 7: Networking with Linux 10. Chapter 8: Configuring Linux Servers 11. Chapter 9: Securing Linux 12. Chapter 10: Disaster Recovery, Diagnostics, and Troubleshooting 13. Section 3: Cloud Administration
14. Chapter 11: Working with Containers and Virtual Machines 15. Chapter 12: Cloud Computing Essentials 16. Chapter 13: Deploying to the Cloud with AWS and Azure 17. Chapter 14: Deploying Applications with Kubernetes 18. Chapter 15: Automating Workflows with Ansible 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building a package from source

Building from source is an activity that is less and less needed on a day-by-day basis. Most of the distributions are already providing the most necessary packages for any task. The days of building applications from source are long gone. Repositories provide tens of thousands of packages that you can easily install.

The two scenarios where you would have to build from source would be: (1) if you need a legacy app that is no longer maintained and delivered with your current distribution; and (2) when you need to use an application developed in-house. If those scenarios apply, you will probably need to build from source.

Compiling a source package would require you to have proper development tools installed on your system. In the following example, we will use a simple script written in bash that shows the IP and network interface to the standard output. This would be our application developed in-house. Please keep in mind that the following is only...

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