I use checkinstall all the time, and I really like it.  It doesn't do
all the things that a custom-built rpm can do (dependencies, for
instance) but if all you want is to be able to easily uninstall a
tarball installation it's great.

On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 15:54, Tim Wunder wrote:
> Previously, Net Llama chose to write:
> > I just noticed this project on Freshmeat called "make uninstall".  It
> > does exactly as its name describes, allows you to cleanly uninstall
> > packages that have been installed via the "make install" command.
> >
> > I haven't yet tried it out, but here's where you can get it:
> > http://freshmeat.net/releases/65197/
> >
> 
> Is it anything like Checkinstall? I was reading a little about that today. 
> It's supposed to allow you to use rpm to keep track of things you install via 
> tarball. Anyone on list use it?
> 
> http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall-en.html
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