[MLUG] Linux Checkinstall program

[Jason Youngquist <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I haven't had a chance to take a look at this, but it does sound really
interesting.

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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 00:33:19 -0500
From: Scott Granneman <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
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Subject: [DISCUSS] You MUST check this out

http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/

"A lot of people has asked me how can they remove from their boxes a
program they compiled and installed from source. Some times -very few-
the program's author adds an uninstall rule to their Makefile, but
that's not usually the case. This is my primary reason to write
CheckInstall. After you ./configure; make your program, CheckInstall
will run make install  (or whatever you tell it to run) and keep track
of every file modified by this installation ...

When make install is done, CheckInstall will create a Slackware, RPM or
Debian compatible package and install it with Slackware's installpkg,
"rpm -i" or Debian's "dpkg -i" as appropriate, so you can view it's
contents with pkgtool ("rpm -ql" for RPM users or "dpkg -l" for Debian)
or remove it with removepkg ("rpm -e"|"dpkg -r"). Aditionally, this
script will leave you a copy of the installed package in the source
directory so you can install it wherever you want"

I'll be damned if this thing doesn't actually work! Truly awesome!

Scott
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