Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1556 mails)

[Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Philipp Thomas <Philipp.Thomas2@xxxxxxx> writes:

> On a distribution that's based on rpm it's a bad idea to use
> self-compiled software if you don't at least use checkinstall install
> it as rpm.

Checkinstall is indeed a good idea for easy removal of software.

> Otherwise the system dosn't know about your software and may, for
> instance, overwrite it with an older package.

Huh, this is what the /usr/local and the /opt hierarchies (system wide)
are for. Of course one can also compile and install software in one's
home hierarchy.

Charles

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