ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 80, Issue 37

[dd]

On 04/07/2011 07:27 PM,

  Graham Todd<grahamtodd2 at gmail.com>  wote,


> I don't know why, but it could be to find out how this particular piece
> of the engine purrs under the hood, or he wants to read the source
> code and see how word processors need to be compiled under Linux, or
> simply that he doesn't want any of Abiword's code to be in his program,
> or more likely he just wants to know what the error messages mean and
> the best way to circumvent them.  All these options are valid reasons
> for compiling the application himself and asking here how not to raise
> the errors.
>
> Its what free software was designed around, after all!

good assumptions. :)
I was actually quite inspired to learn to compile from source after 
reading an article in FullCircle Magazine by a MOTU. jst bcoz I love 
tecnical stuff and to mess around.

jst hope I can contribute to the community too one day. . . .lot to learn.