[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 30/05/2008 11:10:23 AM: > > I saw some programs (possibly already packaged for Debian/Ubuntu) > which can take any software packge which installs from source (some > limited to the usual "./config && make && make test && make install", > some more general), track what files were changed and installed by the > installation process (using strace, I guess), then make it possible > for you to have a list of the files involved and uninstall them > cleanly. Same or other programs can keep track of which extra packages > were installed outside the debian package management system. > Another good approach to this is make sure your PREFIX is set to /usr/local/ (usually the default) when compiling any programs. This will keep all custom compiled packages in the /usr/local/ filesystem, and not mish-mashed with the distribution specific files.
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