On 3/19/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/18/07 10:48, Jeff Zhang wrote: > Most installed packages will mess $HOME more or less when compiled with > --prefix=$HOME. Though, keep the log of `make install' may be used as an > removing method if wanted latter. > Is there some package manager that can be used for normal user under their > home location? > By which the software can be cleanly purged and so on. > Or some extensions of checkinstall to make an simple one. dpkg/apt/aptitude are designed to install *system* packages. If you want to install user-specific packages, build from source.
Yes, it is what I'm mean about things after building and installing.