Hey Eberhard!I appreciate that you've been so active in the list. I've also been researching checkinstall and it looks very promising. Although I keep having some issues getting the packages to actually install using checkinstall. I'll continue exploring it though. Once it builds and installs consistently for me I'll update the debian based install instructions to use checkinstall.
However we are working on a new setup/install process that may complicate this some, I'll work with the engineer on what options we have.
I really like that checkinstall installs as a deb package which means it's much easier to remove, upgrade, etc.
Thanks for taking the time to offer your thoughts. They are always appreciated!!
Aaron Eberhard Roloff wrote:
Hi, I understand that it does not make sense for you to provide distribution specific packages (i.e. rpms for SuSE, RedHat and the like or debs for Debian based Distros). However, I consider it to be a good idea to make future hplip versions compatible with checkinstall. Up to now, any hplip tarball failed to build with checkinstall, at least in my experience- If this would work, it would be the easiest thing for any hplip user to build her own package for her distribution, simplifying the never ending installation or reinstall or deinstall procedure of hplip. Just "configure=>make=>checkinstall" instead of the wellknown rule of three"configure=>make=>make install"FYI this is checkinstalls homepage: http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ Linux Magazine on checkinstall: http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/47/Charly_Column.pdfJust an idea Any feedback will be appreciated.Thanks much for your help Eberhard ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
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