[Tutor] RPMs

[Marc]

Stephen Harris (cyberdiction@hotmail.com) wrote:


> http://www.python.org/2.2.1/
> All others should download Python-2.2.1.tgz, the source tarball, and do the
> usual "gunzip; tar; configure; make" dance.
> 
You may like a new step in this dance: the checkinstall program.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/checkinstall/

It not only makes possible to unistall most programs you install from source, 
but also allow one to generate RPM, DEB, or slackware TGZ.

Suppose you have checkinstall installed. Download python-2.2.1.tgz, unpack then
do:

# ./configure --prefix=/usr #I dont like things in /usr/local
# checkinstall

Follow the instructions and generate the package that makes you happy.
Most of the programs I install are RPMfied now, makes easier to keep the 
system sane from an administrative perspective.
Hope it's not offtopic since we are installing python :) .

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