lists Guillot wrote: > Oops, I got caught out AGAIN, and sent this to Thomas and not the > list. Sorry, Thomas! > > > On 4/29/07, Thomas Hertweck > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You should only use RPM packages - these packages can be installed and >> uninstalled without problems. Either get a ready-to-use RPM package from >> a repository, or build an RPM package on your system, or (at least) use >> checkinstall to build an RPM package (instead of using "make install"). >> Anything else will sooner or later screw up your system. > > You know, I've always been uncomfortable with building from source for > precisely the reasons you say, but it never occurred to me to build my > own RPMs. I somehow had an idea that it would be a complicated process > that only people who *distribute* software (and not all of them!) > would find worth doing, and that for your home system you just had to > go with "make install". > > I'm going to follow your advice. Johannes intimated above that > checkinstall has a bad reputation, and you also don't seem to think > too highly of it with your "(at least)". So what would be a good tool > for this? I see that I have rpmbuild on my system so I'm tempted to > use that, though the man page is not exactly a detailed instructions > manual. > > Cheers. > > g Well, from my experinece, checkinstall may be "at least", but when it works, it works good. Unfortunately it does not work anytime. In my view it fails more often, when things get more complicated.
For anything else I would recommend to either go with "make install" or alternatively read and practise this: http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ have some fun Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
