[Trisquel-users] Re : Packet building

[lcerf]

What you describe is the usual process to compile a program built with the  
GNU Build Chain (aka the Autotools).  Other programs use other build systems.  
 Programs written in interpreted languages need not be compiled.  And getting  
a package such as a .rpm and .deb (I believe that is what you mean by  
"packet") is a further step that is distribution-dependent.  For instance,  
the Trisquel project builds .deb packages because that is what it uses.