"Gary L. Hennigan" wrote: > What's the name of the software that helps you keep track of what's > getting installed in /usr/local when you install a non-Debianized > piece of software yourself?
The search I did here gave this result: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: dpkg -l stow Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/[EMAIL PROTECTED]: dpkg --print-avail stow -problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ ii stow 1.3.2-11 Organiser for /usr/local/ hierarchy Further inquiry had this to say: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: dpkg --print-avail stow Package: stow Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 141 Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Version: 1.3.2-11 Size: 54486 Description: Organiser for /usr/local/ hierarchy GNU Stow helps the system administrator organise files under /usr/local/ by allowing each piece of software to be installed in its own tree under /usr/local/stow/, and then using symlinks to create the illusion that all the software is installed in the same place. > > Something akin to the Win98 uninstall > utility. I believe you simply run it after doing a "make install", or > similar, and it scans the specified directories for any files that may > have been installed. It keeps a database of these so that you can > easily uninstall whatever it is. > I have no idea if this is the sort of thing you were looking for...I haven't spent the time working with 'stow' to know... > > I know I've seen this discussed somewhere. If not here then certainly > on comp.os.linux.misc, but I can't for the life of me think of a > keyword to use in searching for it. So, I apologize in advance for > the repetition. > > Thanks, > Gary > HTH. Chuck -- Chuck Stickelman, Owner E-Mail: Practical Network Design Voice: +1-419-529-3841 9 Chambers Road FAX: +1-419-529-3625 Mansfield, OH 44906-1301 USA
