>> I'd like to install the latest miro from their nightlies and that >> means installing manually without an ebuild. I've always avoided this >> because I don't want files spread across my system without an easy way >> to remove them. I've also always wanted to set up a good cruft >> removal script for keeping my system clean (I'll admit that takes me >> in the hobbyist direction) and I'm thinking the two might work well >> together. I could temporarily install apps without an ebuild and use >> a cruft removal script to remove them. >> >> What do you guys think of this? Do you know of a good cruft removal >> script? > > If you can install your apps into a specific location, I'd use xstow. > > emerge xstow > cd ~/install/myapp-1.2.3 > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/myapp-1.2.3 && > make && > make install > cd /usr/local/stow > xstow myapp-1.2.3 > > myapp-1.2.3 is installed into /usr/local/stow/myapp-1.2.3, but xstow > created symlinks into the /usr/local hierarchy, so it looks as if it were > directly installed there. No need to add /usr/local/stow/myapp-1.2.3/bin > to the PATH and such. > Use xstow -D myapp-1.2.3 to remove the symlinks if you want to uninstall, > then remove /usr/local/stow/myapp-1.2.3.
That would still leave anything installed outside of /usr/local (/etc for example) right? - Grant
