apt install build-essential
.Most compilation instructions will say to run the command
sudo make install
to install the software after compiling. You should instead use the command sudo checkinstall
. That does the same thing but will make the software and its files known to your package managers (e.g. Software Manager and apt
) so that you can easily remove the software or replace it with a newer version. For this you will first have to install checkinstall. Install it from Software Manager or with the command: apt install checkinstall
.(Edit: if you want to recompile a package installed from the Linux Mint repositories—for example to apply a patch you need—see the How to recompile a package from source topic instead.)