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If you're using a Pi2 or Pi3 you can install Ubuntu and then install ROS through apt: http://wiki.ros.org/indigo/Installation/UbuntuARM ; then you don't have to build from source at all.

If you're doing lots of installations, you can do the build on one Pi, and then create a disk image and copy that instead of repeating the installation.

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