Good that this discussion came up. I lost my checkinstall file which I downloaded earlier and can't reach this site now (always inaccessible?). Can somebody give me a copy of this checkinstall package?
Thanks, Ramesh -----Original Message----- From: Sridhar M.A. Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 8:46 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: best way to install non debian package On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:15:00AM +0100, Fran?ois Chenais wrote: > > > > If you want install non-debian software, i.e., after compiling a > > compressed tarball, I would suggest that you give checkinstall a try. It > > creates a deb package, which installs the binaries in /usr/local. > > Installation/Removal is thru dpkg -i/-r. Bonus is that you can install > > the resulating deb on another machine with out going thru the hassle of > > compiling gain. > > > > Checkinstall debs are available at: > > > > http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ > > > This is not included in Woody ? > No. That is why I gave the address of the site. They have deb of checkinstall. Go ahead and try it. I like it very much and would be happy if it can make it to debian main. Regards,
