sudo with password in one command line?

"Yes, use the -S switch which reads the password from STDIN:

$echo <password> | sudo -S <command>

So for your case it would look like this:

$./configure && make && echo <password> | sudo -S make install && halt

of course, replace <password> with your password."

"You can do this too:

sudo -S <<< ""password"" command"

"You could replace your command line with this:

$sudo su

$./configure && make && make install && halt

You will be prompted for your password immediately, then the rest of the commands will run as superuser."

"Note, I've found that method doesn't work on an older version of sudo, specifically ""Sudo version 1.6.7p5"":

$ echo ""<your_password>"" | sudo -S -k whoami

Where as this method does work on older and new versions sudo:

$ echo ""<your_password>"" | sudo -S -v
$ sudo whoami"

"If you want to take more care, you could make a script, change the permissions of the file so only root can read and edit and then just run it.

Example:
1) Create a file:

gedit ~/.easy.install

2) Paste this and save:

./configure && make && echo <password> | sudo -S make install && halt

3) Make it executable:

sudo chmod +x ~/.easy.install

4) Change the permissions of the file so only root can read and edit it:

sudo chmod 700 ~/.easy.install

5) Run:

~/.easy.install

Enjoy ;-)"