-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/06/12 11:59, Rainer M Krug wrote: > On 08/06/12 21:28, Nicolas G. Querol wrote: >> 2012/6/8 Rainer M Krug <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > >> Hi > >> I would like to use bashlets, and as it seems, I have to use awesome from >> git. In principal >> not a problem - but I would like to install it using a .deb, preferably one >> which just >> updates the official ubuntu one. Is there a ppa which has the git versions >> of awesome? Or >> how can I create the .bed for Ubuntu precise? > >> If not possible, how can I install from source (I am a little bit reluctant >> to use "sudo >> make install" as I have bad experiences with other packeges (no uninstall!). > >> Thanks a lot, > >> Rainer > > >> -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. > > >> Hello! As far as I know, you can uninstall manually compiled software: you >> just have to do a >> "sudo make uninstall" from the directory where you compiled it in the first >> place. > > True - this works in many cases, but unfortunately not in all. As far as I > know, for this to > work, a target "uninstall" has to be defined in the make file, which, at a > glance, does not > exist in the awsome make file. > >> Cloning awesome from git periodically and compiling it locally seems a >> better solution, as >> you otherwise will have to build a deb package each time you want to include >> new commits from >> awesome's git repo. > > True - but creating a deb can be as easy as "checkinstall" instead of " make > install" or using > a specific build target. > >> For instructions on installing & building from git, refer to the wiki: >> http://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Building_awesome > > Thanks - wasn't aware of those.
OK - I installed awesome in a non-standard location by using cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/rkrug/inst/awesome/ make make install which looks fine for me, as I can easily delete th directory /home/rkrug/inst/awesome/ and it is gone. In addition, it does not interfere with my Ubuntu stable awesome install, and the debian menu is still there. So: But how can I use my new installation? I could specify the path to the new awesome in the xsessions file to start it, but I assume that awesome-client will then be the one installed system wide? Is there an easy way, of using my git awesone installation, but still having the stable one installed via ubuntu available? I am a little reluctant to remove the ubuntu one, as then the debian menu would be removed and possibly other features as well. Any suggestions? Rainer > > Cheers, > > Rainer > > >> -- Nicolas Gaulard Querol <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/TgjgACgkQoYgNqgF2egrlPgCggLNLXBVzt8RBnaZ948mJdb9Y BpUAn2T4JI6zG5HJphvridBtV8vAvA7g =Tqj2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
