Programming consists of writing computer instructions in different languages. This tag should mark questions pertaining to shell scripting on Unix-like platforms; regular programming questions belong on Stack Overflow
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Is automake and autoconf the standard way to compile code?
I sometimes compile apps from source and I've either been using:
./configure
make
sudo make install
But recently, I came across ./autogen.sh which generates the configure and make scripts for me ...
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Binary compatibility between Mac OS X and Linux
Brace yourselves, this question will likely appear naive and/or foolish, seeing as I am relatively new to the inner workings of unix like systems, and programming in general.
Ready? Ok! I will go ...
