On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 03:32:59PM +0530, Rajesh wrote: > > To convert using alien he will have to have dpkg also on his machine :-) > Sure.
> Wrong. Checkinstall is to install the packges after converting to the > package format whichever u want deb, rpm etc. It is not for converting from > one package format to another. > There is some confusion here. If you look at the third sentence, it is mentioned that for programs compiled from sources (newer versions, not available as native deb/rpm/etc, it can do a good job. This is what I had written: Maybe you should try checkinstall. Couple of days downloaded it. A good piece of software for deb. rpm, tgz, etc. It puts packages compiled from sources into /usr/local, but creates an appropriate package so that it can be taken and installed on other similar machines or removed easily using package tools of the platform. Did a deb of latest audacity and works fine. I frequently download new versions of some or other tools. Compiling and installing it is not a problem. But if I have to install the same on different machines, then repeating the same procedure is a royal pain. This is where checkinstall comes in handy. Not only that, uninstalling is also easier. -- Sridhar M.A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suicide is simply a case of mistaken identity. _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
