If a source code can be compiled and installed with simple "./configure ;
make ; make install', then, to build a Debian package for it, it is just a
matter of 5 minutes, or less, if you have a "template" ready to go. ;-)
On 26 January 2015 at 17:44, John Holland <jholl...@vin-dit.org> wrote:
> If you're compiling from source and you're on red hat or a derivative, the
> way to make a custom rpm is pretty easy. If you do that and then install
> the rpm, you can cleanly remove it later. On debian and I guess Ubuntu it's
> a little harder to build packages.
>
> On January 26, 2015 1:41:47 PM EST, Christopher Barry <
> christopher.r.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:24:27 +0100
> >Pierre Couderc <pie...@couderc.eu> wrote:
> >
> >>Thank you, John, Massimo, Dustin.
> >>
> >>I did not know "make uninstall".
> >>
> ><snip...>
> >
> >One thing to note about uninstall in a makefile, is that it's typically
> >designed to uninstall the same version it's also installing. Thus if
> >file names change, or are removed from the current source, they can
> >still be missed by the makefile in the uninstall process.
> >
> >Since removal of previous versions appears to be fairly critical to a
> >successful install of e from source, it might make sense to have the
> >uninstall script probe for and verify the installed e version (and also
> >allow the version as a param) and use a manifest file of the form
> >e-manifest-<version> (or whatever) that lists all of the locations and
> >files that get installed for that version. This manifest would be
> >generated by the install target.
> >
> >Mind you, I've not looked at the {un}install targets, so it's possible
> >this is already being done.
> >
> >--
> >Regards,
> >Christopher Barry
> >
> >Random geeky fortune:
> >The universe is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot
> >be
> >ruled by interfering.
> > -- Chinese proverb
> >
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