[olug] checkinstall

[Nate Rotschafer]

you run checkinstall make install and then it creates a package from when 
you would normally run the make install command and allose you to package it 
as .deb .rpm and soemthing else...my prelim KDE3 debs were made with this 
program btw...

Nate


>From: Daniel Pfile <daniel at pfile.net>
>Reply-To: olug at olug.org
>To: olug at olug.org
>Subject: Re: [olug] checkinstall
>Date: 09 Jul 2002 16:36:59 -0500
>
>How is this different from GNU stow?
>
>http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/stow.html
>
>On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 15:50, Nate Rotschafer wrote:
> > 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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