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How can I reduce the installation footprint or speed up compilation?

The following configure options may also be useful:

 --disable-agent                 Do not build the agent (snmpd). 
 --disable-applications          Do not build the apps (snmpget, ...).
 --disable-manuals               Do not install the manuals.
 --disable-scripts               Do not install the scripts (mib2c, ...).
 --disable-mibs                  Do not install the mib files.
 --disable-mib-loading           Do not include code that parses and
                                  manipulates the mib files.

   FAQ:Compiling
   

1. How do I compile with 'cc' instead of 'gcc'?
2. The compilation is complaining about missing libraries. Why?
3. I'm getting an error "autoheader: not found" - what's wrong?
4. How can I reduce the memory footprint?
5. How can I reduce the installation footprint or speed up compilation?
6. How can I compile the project to use static linking?
7. Why is the project workspace empty under Visual C++?
8. Why does 'make test' skip five tests?
9. Why does 'make test' complain about a pid file?