>>17031835If you're just talking about compiling stuff off various websites from source, there are like 5 steps to building a tarball.
> unzip it > open up a terminal and cd into the folder you unzipped>download the dependencies for the program (usually the hardest part, you should try to install them with the package manager's repos if at all possible).> read the readme in the tarball to figure out the options to make it (usually open up a terminal and do, ./configure , make , make install). Sometimes the way to build program is found somewhere else like INSTALL> make the file with the instructions in the readme.Always read the readme for the thing you are trying to compile first (unless you are using a package manager to compile it)
If you are trying to create a package of some source for use with a package manager then you need to read about that specific package manager's abilities. I don't use arch but it seems like this is the page
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Build_System . This won't work from stuff on any random website, only things that people made for the build system.
Sometimes it is more useful to read man pages than it is to read wikis. Primary sources are generally better than secondary and the man pages are written by the people who made the thing.
