Editing GoboLinux (section)

== "Compile" program==
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'''''Compile''''' is a program that downloads, unpacks, [[Compiler|compiles]] source code [[tar (file format)|tarballs]], and installs the resulting executable code, all with a single command (such as <code>Compile foo</code>) using simple compilation scripts known as "recipes".<ref>{{cite web |title = GoboLinux's recipe for delicious package management |url = http://www.linux.com/articles/60133 |author = Mayank Sharma |date = 2007-02-14 |publisher = [[Linux.com]] |access-date = 2009-07-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080917021209/http://www.linux.com/articles/60133 |archive-date = 2008-09-17 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

The Compile system is somewhat similar to Gentoo's [[w:Portage (software)|Portage]] system,<ref>{{cite web |title = GoboLinux Compile -- A Scalable Portage&thinsp;? |url = http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/05/1949213 |date = 2004-06-05 |publisher = [[Slashdot]] |access-date = 2009-07-19 }}</ref> which is based on the [[FreeBSD Ports]] collection. However, Portage is made for a traditional filesystem hierarchy, compatible with the [[Filesystem Hierarchy Standard]], while Compile extends the capability of GoboLinux's distinctive filesystem hierarchy into the area of package management. Thus, in GoboLinux, the filesystem itself serves naturally as a kind of package manager database.<ref>{{cite web |title = The Ideas Behind ''Compile'' |url = https://gobolinux.org/index.php?page=doc/articles/compile |publisher = GoboLinux |access-date = 2009-07-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100613074440/http://gobolinux.org/index.php?page=doc%2Farticles%2Fcompile |archive-date = 2010-06-13 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

The Compile program was introduced in GoboLinux version 011. Before that, there were discussions about porting Gentoo's Portage system to GoboLinux and developing the port as a SourceForge.net project under the name ''GoboPortage''.<ref>[http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-241718-highlight-gobolinux.html Gentoo Forums : View topic - GoboGentoo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://sourceforge.net/projects/goboportage/ SourceForge.net: GoboPortage<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Compile's other features included:
; The use of each program's own download site
: The distribution's repository (or one of its mirrors) is only used for downloading recipes. Recipes may be downloaded on-the-fly or in batch.
; Minimalistic and declarative-oriented compilation scripts
: Typical "configure; make; make install" software may be scripted in two lines, greatly easing maintenance.
; Support of GoboLinux-style dependencies
: Software compiled "by hand" by the user is taken into account by a detection mechanism.
; Path-agnosticism
: It also works in a rootless GoboLinux installation (that is, inside a [[home directory]] of any other distribution).<ref>{{cite web |title = GoboLinux: An Interview with Lucas Villa Real |url = http://www.packtpub.com/article/GoboLinux-An-Interview-with-Lucas-Villa |author = Mayank Sharma |date = 2007-08-21 |access-date = 2008-03-31 }}</ref>