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"Gregson Helledy" <gregsonh@gra-inc.com> writes:
> checkinstall was discussed on Slashdot a few days ago.
> Rather than installing from source directly, checkinstall builds a package
> and installs it for you. Originally designed for rpm, it now supports dpkg
> and Slackware's package system. This is done so that you can remove the
> software cleanly using the package system rather than having to try to find
> all of its files and delete them.
>
> As I have a rather weak grasp of how rpm works, and no grasp at all of how
> dpkg works, I can't tell how likely this is to work reliably.
> Has anyone else used this?
Yes, I use it to compile packages, and install (and uninstall)
them on target slackware machines. It hasn't failed me yet.
Chris
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