[ale] Checkinstall instead of just tar.gz

[Jim]

On Tuesday 11 February 2003 09:27 am, Dow Hurst wrote:
> Someone on another list mentioned using checkinstall to make an entry in
> the rpm database for tgz packages when installing.  Has anyone used this
> and have thoughts?  Does it work well?

I use it all the time. The only thing I don't like is that it doesn't seem to 
replace packages that weren't installed by the same method. So, if you're 
using a .tgz package to replace something installed by rpm, it may just 
install them side by side. Otherwise, it works really well. It leaves you 
with an rpm at the end of the process and you can keep it around if you like. 
If you go to remove something that you installed with it, you have all of the 
simplicity of rpm.

_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
Ale at ale.org
http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale