Hey Aaron, On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:46:45 -0700 Aaron J Albright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. Thank you very much for your feedback. One of additional benefits of checkinstall is that it can build deb-packages but also rpm-packages just as well. Afaik there is also the possibility to build slackware packages. However I can only positively affirm deb and rpm, since I never had the pleasure to work with slackware. regards Eberhard > > 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.pdf > > > > Just 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
