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title = "baking programs"
date = "2019-01-02T15:36:49+00:00"
author = "Danilo M."
draft = false
type = "life"
excerpt = "baking a cake and building a program from source have a lot in common, and both will leave you satisfied once they've finished cooking"
image = "/uppies/2019/01/bake-a-cake.jpg"
categories = [ "DIY"]
tags = [ "linux", "slackbuild"]
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Compiling programs always feels like you&#8217;re baking a cake, you look for it, check the dependancies and then run the slackbuild, leave your computer to go grab a drink and when you come back you see an error, checking for it you notice you&#8217;ve forgotten a dependency, it&#8217;s like you put your cake in the oven, starts cooking and after a while you go &#8220;_oh shit, I forgot to add sugar to the dough_&#8220;.

I&#8217;ve been compiling a couple programs in the past few days and I&#8217;ve ended up patching them a lot, to compile audacity I had to go around and add 6 patches before the script managed to compile correctly, and today with qpdfview it was the same, still dependancy errors but in the end I made it work and let me tell you, when you come back to your PC and the script has ended and it says the program is installed it&#8217;s almost like you could smell it, your freshly baked cake waiting for you to enjoy it..