Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4631 mails)

[Jos van Kan <vankan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Jeppesen wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:46:35 -0800
(snip)
> 
> I've used source in the past for programs that don't have an rpm
> available so I've gotten used to the issues that come along with
> installing by source.
> 
> That's the best thing about Linux - I run it or configure it the way I
> want to.   
> 
> If there is a rpm available for the version I want to run then yes I
> use that.  Suppose I could learn how to create rpm's for those
> versions that are missing - will do if/when the time comes and it's
> needed.   

You should use checkinstall instead of make install when installing from source.
That way you'll create an rpm-file yourself. (Well, nine times out of ten that
is... :-))

Regards,
-- 
Jos van Kan                registered Linux user #152704
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