On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 19:29:43 +0000
pa3gcu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thursday 19 September 2002 14:56, Erik Jakobsen wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I saw the nice software checkinstall, and would having it installed.
> >
> > Here is the first results.
> >
> > eurit:/home/erik/check/usr/local/sbin # ./checkinstall
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Thats your problem, run ./checkinstall in its source directory.

Ok.
 
> As far as i am concerned i will stick to what i wrote yesterday about using 
> /usr/local/* for software that i install, i know then where to look.
> 
> I find it misleading when one issues a normal nix command and gets confronted 
> with what Erik got, BUT we all know what the old saying is dont we, "RTFM" 
> even if the README is 21740 bytes long.

:-))
 
> Other than that it seems a handy program for those who want something to do 
> for them that they can really do themselfs.
> 
> >
> > checkinstall 1.5.3, Copyright 2001 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
> >            This software is released under the GNU GPL.
> >
> >
> > The package documentation directory ./doc-pak does not exist.
> > Should I create a default set of package docs?  [y]: y
> >
> > Preparing package documentation...OK
> >
> > *** No known documentation files were found. The new package
> > *** won't include a documentation directory.
> >
> > Installing with "make install"...
> >
> > ========================= Installation results ===========================
> > make: *** No rule to make target `install'.  Stop.
> >
> > ****  Installation failed. Aborting package creation.
> >
> > Cleaning up...OK
> >
> > Bye.
> >
> > What is to be done now ?.
> 
> Read the manual ?.

Yes and its friendly RTFM :-)
 
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