How do I get more software of compile it myself

[pindakoe]

There is one utility which I really would want on my bubba -- deduplication by means of freedup. This is not present in the repositories for bubba as far as I can make out. I know that 'freedups' is available, but it is not working quite as well.

• Any other deduplication software for this version available than freedups?
• Any other repositories that I should/can enable?
• Alternatively: how easy/hard is it to compile software for bubba
• I assume compiling on bubba is slow; probably not an issue for freedup (which is small). How difficult is it to cross-compile from my other linux host (i686 bases) for bubba's hardware?

Thanks for any tips

[zander]

i suggest installing gcc on your bubba and then subsequently compiling the source for the software you want to run.

so first go to root and then run apt-get install...

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su
apt-get install gcc

that will install gcc for you and then you can compile the software you want to install on the bubba.

download the software you want, unzip it where you want to build it. next cd into the directory that was created when you unziped. and type...

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./configure

that should configure the software you want to build for the bubba. next type...

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make

and that should build the software. if it compiles okay and you want to install it then type...

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make install