[CS-FSLUG] Install/uninstall procedures
Jukka Y
mail at ylonen.info
Mon Oct 4 23:36:35 CDT 2004
Robert W. wrote:
> GNU's "stow" is another way to manage self-compiled applications. It
> places each application in its own directory. And creates symbolic
> links. For example:
> # ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/runMe
> # make
> # make install
> # stow runMe
>
> All files for "runMe" reside in /usr/local/stow/runMe. Stow adds
> symbolic links to /usr/local/* (/usr/local/bin, /usr/local/share/man/
> man1, etc...).
>
Thanks for the tip. As Nathan wrote, "stow" seems to do even better job
than "checkinstall" :-). I suppose program can be uninstalled removing
it's folder from /usr/local ? Have you heard if this method has any
advantages/disadvantages over the other installation methods?
Blessings,
Jukka
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