Op woensdag 8 maart 2017 14:04:38 CET schreef Carlos E. R.:
On 2017-03-08 13:57, Freek de Kruijf wrote:
Op woensdag 8 maart 2017 12:50:20 CET schreef Carlos E. R.:
On 2017-03-08 09:21, Chan Ju Ping wrote:
I was trying to install checkinstall but the installation kept failing. It appears the official rpms have been removed.
https://software.opensuse.org/package/checkinstall?search_term=checkinst al
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Is there any reason why checkinstall is no longer available? I
figured now would be a good time to put in place better software building and installing practices, and this would be a good place to start.
Well, apparently the maintainers use OBS and tell everybody to use OBS, and thus neglect checkinstall to force others to also use OBS.
So now I have to use "make install" directly on my systems without creating the rpm. :-(
When you have a tar file with the source and you design a .spec file, which is not too difficult, on your own system, you can use rpmbuild to build a rpm.
Well, designing a .spec file is something I do not know how to do, it is quite difficult for me. That is precisely what checkinstall automated.
Thus, rpmbuild is impossible to use, and even less OBS, wich I find terribly complex.
See? You are trying to convince me to use OBS instead ;-)
I consider this "refusal to learn". The appropriate URLs should be in your mail dozens of times. And, if you quote, do not leave out essential parts. This is what Freek wrote: "When you have a tar file with the source and you design a .spec file, which is not too difficult, on your own system, you can use rpmbuild to build a rpm. In a simple case, and I expect this to be, you can enter these two files in an OBS project to make the rpm available in a repository." -- Gertjan Lettink, a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org