Mihaela wrote:
Ted Gould wrote:
Im curious, what do autogen.sh and prefix='pwd' do? Is using vcs different from downloading source snapshots?
From the autogen.sh file: "This script does all the magic calls to automake/autoconf and friends that are needed to configure a cvs checkout."
I'm also wondering what prefix="pwd" does. I just use prefix=/home/user/.local, which works great for me, since I only keep the most recent version around - it should work for you, just switch to a different dir for each version.
Using SVN is nice because it updates very quickly - it only downloads the differences between your local repository and the main one. You just go to the directory and type "svn up", and a few seconds later (usually) you're ready to compile. You also don't really have to run autogen.sh and config each time (though sometimes you do).
JF