Thanks a lot . Just one more question. What about cvs? Am I still supposed to make packages first?
---Otgonbayar On 火, 5 25 1999, Carl Mummert wrote: Carl> There is a package named 'alien' that can take care of some of this, depending Carl> on exactly what you are needing to install. Carl> Carl> Carl> What you do is to layout the files in some remote directory, like you Carl> would want them installed: Carl> Carl> /somewhere--etc/file1 Carl> | Carl> --usr/bin/\file2 Carl> | Carl> --- and so forth Carl> Carl> You can do this automtically with most makefiles by chainging the Carl> INSTALL_PREFIX or similar variable to point to some remote directory Carl> that you create for this purpose (then, 'make install' will put the files Carl> in that remote place.. just go slow.) You can also just build up Carl> the directories by hand. Carl> Carl> Make sure the permissions on all the files are correct. Carl> Carl> Then, cd to that remote directory. Notice that, in some sense, it is the Carl> root directory for your installation. What you will do is to package the Carl> files in this direcotry; then, when they are installed from the root Carl> directory, they will fall where they should. Carl> Carl> From that remote directory, run 'tar czvf package.tgz'. This will amke Carl> a file named 'package.tgz' that has all of the files that were in Carl> your current directory and below. Don't use the name 'package'! Carl> Carl> Now run 'alien package.tgz' as root - you will get a package.deb Carl> file. Now, run dpkg -i pacakge.deb. You cen rm the tgz file and Carl> the files in the remote directory. Carl> Carl> To uninstall, 'dpkg --purge package' will work. Carl> Carl> Carl> Carl
