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I'm very new to all things Linux so please bear with me. I'm trying to install the latest release of pgrouting and my steps are as follows:

sudo mkdir pgrouting
cd pgrouting
sudo wget https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/archive/pgrouting-2.1.0.zip
sudo unzip pgrouting-2.1.0.zip
cd pgrouting-pgrouting-2.1.0
sudo mkdir build
cd build
sudo cmake ..
sudo make
sudo make install

So basically I am downloading, unzipping and building it from source. But since there's a GitHub release, is there a way to install it using apt-get without building from source?

muru
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Alex Bulankou
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  • Ask the devs to build packages for you, and perhaps create a PPA? What does the Github release have to do with packaging? – muru Feb 25 '16 at 05:02
  • Aside: your mkdir, wget, unzip and make commands shouldn't be using sudo. Only the make install command should need it. – muru Feb 25 '16 at 05:07
  • What's a PPA and once created how do I use it with apt-get? Thanks! – Alex Bulankou Feb 25 '16 at 05:14
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    See http://askubuntu.com/q/4983/158442 and https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA – muru Feb 25 '16 at 05:18
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    Thanks! Another useful link is this: http://askubuntu.com/q/370636/511276. Basically short answer to my question is that GH releases are about tagged versions of source and are not about binary packages needed for installation with apt-get – Alex Bulankou Feb 25 '16 at 05:26

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Link shared by muru answers my question: https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA/Uploading I need to create and upload a PPA to install it with apt-get but looks like the effort in my case wouldn't be justified, building from source is easier.

Alex Bulankou
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  • Yes, that's why I suggested asking the devs to do it. They can probably automate it with git hooks. – muru Feb 25 '16 at 05:32