Timeline for Linux, recompiling from source
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| Feb 1, 2010 at 4:12 | comment | added | Justin S | In Ubuntu you can install checkinstall and then in place of typing sudo make install you can run sudo checkinstall -D This will install your program from source, but also give apt-get the ability to remove it like a normal program and create a .deb file. | |
| Jan 31, 2010 at 22:12 | comment | added | anomareh | @~quack Thanks for advice, I'll look into it. If you have any links for beginners on the subject that'd be great. | |
| Jan 31, 2010 at 21:26 | comment | added | quack quixote | @anomareh: i highly recommend learning to build your own packages -- you can use the package manager's builtin uninstall capabilities plus get the versions you want, and if there's an unnecessary dependency you can remove it in your own local package. i haven't installed to /usr/local in years -- i either compile a local package or install to my $HOME directory. | |
| Jan 31, 2010 at 20:08 | history | edited | Richard Hoskins | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jan 31, 2010 at 19:58 | history | edited | Richard Hoskins | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jan 31, 2010 at 19:45 | history | edited | Richard Hoskins | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jan 31, 2010 at 19:41 | comment | added | anomareh | Yep, that's exactly what I did. Every time I got a piece installed and working I just made a new snapshot. Took me a few days to get everything playing nicely but it wasn't too bad. My biggest issue with package managers has been version issues. | |
| Jan 31, 2010 at 19:26 | history | answered | Richard Hoskins | CC BY-SA 2.5 |