Re: [Cooker] Idea for new utility

[Linux Frog]

On Mon, 22 May 2000, you wrote:
> AppDrake or InstallDrake
> 
> utility would take a .tar, .tar.gz, etc. uncompress it into a temp 
> directory, run through the ./configure, make and make install, or 
> alternatively running an install.sh or other script.  even for those of us 
> who have no problem installing software, this would seem like a Good Thing.
> 

I think it's a good idea.  I believe what you're looking for is similar to a
windows *.exe installation program of sorts.  Maybe a shell program that you
can run and import tarballs to install?