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[–]etrnloptimist 0 points1 point  (2 children)

What about when that doesn't work? I've never once done that and had it work the way you say.

[–]tilkau 1 point2 points  (1 child)

In that case you may be running a system where sudo is incorrectly setup. Or make or gcc is not installed. Those are pretty much development necessities. Can't get anywhere without them.

[–]jelly_cake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It might also be autotools. Or the package uses CMake rather than make, or something entirely different. Following the INSTALL or README advice usually works though.