On Tuesday 30 April 2002 12:16, you wrote: > On Tuesday 30 April 2002 11:01 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > > This is all new to me so please bear with me. > > > > First , downloaded and installed , > > and RPM package manager reports:- > > libcheckinstall-1-5.5.1-3.i586.rpm > > checkinstall-1.5.1-3mdk.i586.rpm, > > so check install successfully installed. I think. > > > > Second, downloaded and extracted from tar balls:- > > xine-lib-0.9.8, > > compiled with ./configure, make, and checkinstall, > > xine-ui-0.9.8 > > compiled with ./configure, make, and checkinstall, > > > > and RPM package manager reports:- > > libxine0.9.8-4mdk > > xine-aav0.9.8-4mdk > > xine-0ssv0.9.8-4mdk > > xine-pluginsv0.9.8-4mdk > > xine-xv v0.9.8-4mdk > > Not sure which package is the main programme,but generally > > seems to be all there. > > > > However, unless I got the wrong end of the stick ,I thought > > I was supposed to also find the RPM build from tar balls > > packages themselves in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586, but if so > > something else has happened, because they ain't there. > > During the checkinstall process there was something about > > ./doc-pac needed shall it create one, I said yes,presumeably, > > some document directory,but otherwise I cannot see that I created > > any RPM package files from tar balls . However, have I > > misunderstood the nature of the checkinstall programme. Can > > someone enlighten me please. > > > > thanks, > > > > John > > I don not know if everyone has this problem, but I found the > version of checkinstall provided on the 8.2 Cd did not work. It > would exit with an error. However the RPM checkinstall-1.5.1-1 > available from the checkinstall site > http://proyectos.glo.org.mx/checkinstall/download.php works > perfectly for me. > > derek Thanks Derek, I think your suggestion works better,the build seems less full of "no's", one question though,
Can you use checkinstall to build an RPM file from tar.gz files,so that it does not actually install the package as created at the time of RPM creation. Is that possible ? regards, John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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