On Mon, Oct 25, 1999 at 12:18:34PM +0200, Benak Istvan wrote: > Hi again! > > I've a short question: > If I download a tar.gz file and if I want to compile it, can I make from > the source a deb package? Because If I install it from the source I > can't purge it, not? But If I can make a deb from the source i can > remove it with the dpkg. Have any solution?
Yep: use 'alien -d <file.tgz>' BUT it makes a .deb who install on / :( So, you better first untar it (usually in /usr/src), then re-tar it *with* path, then alienize it; so, this way its gonna be installed in the right directory ;) JY -- Jean-Yves F. Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The notion of a "record" is an obsolete remnant of the days of the 80-column card. -- Dennis M. Ritchie