That's an old school build approach (it was 2003). The modern approach is: apt-get install (or your OS equivalent). It's 2014. I can't remember the last time

That's an old school build approach (it was 2003). The modern approach is: apt-get install (or your OS equivalent). It's 2014. I can't remember the last time I needed to install a package from source. Worst case scenario I need to add a repo.