Originally posted by stevenaaus
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2. Isnt it for compiling and installing from source? This whole discussion is about commercial, binary-only, third-party software.
Can auto-config be used to just install binaries?
3. Even if it can - it is quite complex. Especially compared to a simple startup script.
4. Having said that, it is capable of installing 'the linux way' - into the /usr tree just like a package manager would.
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