On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 12:45:05AM +0200, Vincent Touquet wrote: > Hi, > > I ask this question here because I know > a lot of you manage to install lots of > applications from a fresh cvs snaphot > without troubles (I think ;). > > How do you manage these from-source installs ? > Are there people who use stow ? > [cfr. http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/stow.html] > > Or does make install / make uninstall usually > does a good task of (un)installing the software ? > > I have installed software from sources this way > before, most notably alsa eg. I just wonder > if there are any "tricks of the trade" to be mastered.
most packages use GNU automake/autoconf, for which the make uninstall target is fairly reliable. obviously something like the ALSA drivers needs some system-wide configuration, but most apps and libraries will work fine with just make install / make uninstall. tips? if you're installing libraries in /usr/local, make sure /etc/ld.so.conf contains /usr/local/lib, and be sure to run ldconfig after installing or removing libraries. Oh and watch your PKG_CONFIG_PATH, that tends to bite everyone: export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig Conrad.
