[olug] checkinstall

[Nate Rotschafer]

Ya it works pretty well but doesn't create dependencies...also available 
from my server...http://www.geniussystems.net/ and click on projs...

Nate


>From: "William E. Kempf" <williamkempf at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: olug at olug.org
>To: <olug at olug.org>
>Subject: [olug] checkinstall
>Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 15:18:57 -0500
>
>I've discovered a little utility that purports to help bridge the gap
>between using packages (like RPMS) and compiling from source: checkinstall
>(http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/).  Basically, when building
>from source you replace the "make install" phase with a call to
>"checkinstall", which generates a package that can then be used for
>installation/uninstallation on this or similar machines.  If for nothing
>else then giving me an automated way to uninstall, it seems worth it.
>Theoretically it's also supposed to help with dependency management (as in
>the packager will know about things installed from source).
>
>Anyone had any experience with this utility?  Care to comment about it?
>
>Bill Kempf
>
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