I always use checkinstall instead of make install, and create a tgz package (yes, I do use Slackware) which can easily be removed or upgraded...
On 12/5/06, Axel Bojer <axelb at skolelinux.no> wrote: > > Craig Bradney skrev: > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> Subject: Re: [Scribus] file format 1.3.3.x and 1.3.4 > >> From: Axel Bojer <axelb at skolelinux.no> > >> To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > >> Date: 05-12-2006 10:29 > >> > >> > >> listen at thomas-zastrow.de skrev: > >>>> I dont know if I have understood you right, but does mean that when I > >>>> now upgrade from 1.3.5 to 1.3.6 there is a special command for it? Or > > do > >>>> you simply mean replacing? > >>>> As of now I am simply using > >>>> ./configure && make && make install > >>>> without removing the old version, and it seems to work fine, so i > >>>> suppose it is. Is this the wanted method? > >>> That's evry simple. Just change the configure-command: > >>> > >>> ./configure --prefix=/directory/where/to/install > >>> > >>> Then Scribus will be installed in the given directory. Removing this > > directory > >>> also deletes Scribus ;-) > >> Thank you. I suppose thats not what I have, so is there also a good > >> method of removing from the normal procedure (without no prefixes)? > > > > by installing into your own directory structure, you can just "rm -rf" > in > > that directory. make uninstall also works. > > Yes, I know, thank you :-) > > >>> I fear not, but anyhow I shall keep this method in mind, can be > helpful > >> for instance for cvs-builds :-) > > > > If you want to install multiple versions, just use a different prefix as > has > > been mentioned > > Yes, understood :-) > > My point was just concerning what I have: A system where removing is not > all to easy because I did not look at these methods during my first > install, but just used the default value. > No big problem, really, but I just wanted to ask in case I had missed > some nice methods for my current situation :-) > Removing a normal installed Scribus (source) is not so easy, but would > have been if I had used another method. Now I know :-) > > > Best regards > Axel Bojer > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20061205/b4097742/attachment-0001.html
