Hi jhuniepi! =) On 6/5/06, jhuniepi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i downloaded source files in .tar.gz format. i want to make it into .rpm for rh9 so that i can install it using rpm. i prefer to use rpm than make && make install because rpm has a database which you can query for installed programs and can easily uninstall it.
Hmmm, speaking of package databases, have you ever used stow?[0] While it's not as sophisticated as true package management systems like RPM and dpkg, it is still pretty useful as a manager for locally-installed software; I use it myself in managing stuff I use from CVS repositories, like Emacs 22 and MPlayer. [0] http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/ At least with stow, you save yourself the pain of making spec files and such (although I suppose there are clones of tools like dh_make that works for RPM...) HTH, Zakame -- Zak B. Elep || http://zakame.spunge.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.org.ph (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
