[olug] Installing software under /usr/local

[Jonathan Warren]

> Personally, I use checkinstall (http://checkinstall.izto.org) when I add 
> packages to my system.  It runs "make install", then builds (in my 
> case) an rpm.  

Check install is awesome and i use it to install in /opt/appname.  The only problem is the way that slackware upgradepkg works you may upgrade a newer package with an older one.  That is no fun.  Suddenly your gtk2 mail reader is an 2 versions behind using gtk1.2.