Are there any risks or disadvantages to building software from source, compared to installing a package? Can it mess with my system in any way?
I usually avoid it because I’ve found it to be a faff and often doesn’t work anyway but in a couple of cases it has been necessary.
Its just a pain. You have to know what flags and such you need to use and might have to install specific libraries and such. Granted. Its been a long time since I have done that.