13 Aug
2005
13 Aug
'05
2:36 p.m.
On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 06:54:30PM -0500, Benjamin Racher wrote:
binaries... but because apt-get lets one compile from
source pretty
easily... and if you get good at creating packages (something i'm
learning at the moment), its easy to distribute them to the debian
For software that installs with the standard "make install," I
always use "checkinstall" instead, which tracks what make is
doing, and automagically creates a nice debian package(although
with no dependancy info) that can be easily uninstalled or
upgraded with standard apt commands. pretty slick.
-spencer