Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distros for all kinds of users, from Linux newbies to seasoned campaigners. For ...

Many of the best-organised software projects around the world are the legions of free and open source offerings. This is in part due to one reason, namely the tight use of source code control and ...

If you're trying out Linux—or completely switching over to it—after getting used to Windows or macOS, you're going to have to familiarize yourself with how software gets installed on this open ...

Compiling zlib is straightforward. All you need to do is compile each C file and then link them all together. You can write a Makefile for it, but then you have to modify it on every single platform.

First and foremost: the days of having to build and compile software using a command line just to install it on Linux are long gone. That's still an option, sure, but if that's something you've ...

Download the software: Compile the kernel module. The -C should be the path to the linux source already used to build the kernel. This guarantees the module is compiled against the kernel that is ...

The stock software must still be used for setting the MCU options. We’re not really familiar with the 8051 family but we’d bet that is akin to setting the fuses on the AVR chips.