On 3/19/07, Adam Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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. A very good question. A fairly simple solution might be to use installwatch to monitor the installation and output a log file. Then a simple script could remove everything listed in the log file when you want to uninstall it.
Sure, it is simple and could fulfill usage in some ways. :)
