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- Subject: Re: [SLUG] An apt-get question.
- From: Jeremy Visser <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:52:24 +1100
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wbennett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
> If I have an application that I wish to install --- a crossword compiler
> in this case and I have the download on the desktop --- it's a .tgz file
> --- is there an apt-get command 9or variation) that will install it?
Not really. The standard "./configure && make && make install" rules
still apply.
That said, you can do what I do and use a neat little utility called
"checkinstall" in place of the "make install" step.
Checkinstall calls "make install" in the background, and watches the
files that get installed. It then creates a package with those files,
which makes it super easy to uninstall later on.
Much better than manually uninstalling the app if they couldn't be
bothered enough to provide a "make uninstall" target.
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