Yast is an rpm based system so if you installed a new program using
rpm -i , yast will know about it. If you install it using (compile,
make, install) from tarball - yast will not know about it. Nor will
any other package managers such as apt-for-suse etc.
If you want yast to know about the tarball installations do
./configure
make
checkinstall
checkinstall will create a rpm - which you can then install using rpm
-i. In this case, yast will know about this program.
Note that the quality of the rpms created with checkinstall is
debatable but it should be ok for most simple applications.
Osho
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:41:02 +0200, Paul
If I install a program from a tar (compile,make,install) or an rpm with rpm -i, how can I let YaST know that the programs are installed?
Thank You Paul Ryan
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