On Apr 9, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Kent Tenney wrote:
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Jim Fulton <j...@zope.com> wrote:
On Apr 9, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Kent Tenney wrote:
Howdy,
Is there a recommended way to manage Debian system
packages with a buildout?
I can't imagine why you would want to. I probably don't know what
you're
asking.
to get an app to run or compile I do a bunch of
sudo apt-get install xxxx
This can involve tedious trial and error.
Maybe I like the app, maybe I don't.
If I like it, I want a convenient format in which to remember
the required packages, automate their installation,
provide convenience when building machines.
If I don't like it, I'd like to remove the packages I installed.
Buildout does this for eggs, and tarballs via cmmi, I want the
same convenience for system packages.
That's a fascinating (and legitimate) goal. :) I'm curious if any
debian experts have other suggestions about how to achive it.
As Lennart mentioned, you'd need to create a recipe that installed
(and uninstalled) the packages.
Jim
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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation
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