I agree on building. It sounds scarier than it is, but following the wiki instructions to the letter is a must!
For all the build commands I use tee to save the output to a file that I can review easily in case of need:
./configure 2>&1 | tee -a zz
make 2>&1 | tee -a zz
sudo make install 2>&1 | tee -a make install
Then I can view zz if I need to look for an error. Just a simple trick but useful.
