206.1 - Make and install programs from source

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Description: Candidates should be able to build and install an executable program from source. This objective includes being able to unpack a file of sources.

Key Knowledge Areas:

Unpack source code using common compression and archive utilities

Understand basics of invoking make to compile programs

Apply parameters to a configure script

Know where sources are stored by default

Terms and Utilities:

/usr/src/

gunzip

gzip

bzip2

xz

tar

configure

make

uname

install

patch