-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Roberto � wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 09:40:38AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >> I didn't know about stow or installwatch. I always use checkinstall. >> >> It seems I learn more about Debian every day :) so many choices... >> > Ahhh, choices :-) > > The checkinstall package actually depends on installwatch and uses it as > the underlying mechanism. It is useful if you want to install from > source, but don't necessarily want to create some sort of package (.deb > or .rpm) from the install. > > The thing that I really like about stow is that I can have side-by-side > installs of different versions of the same package or the same package > compiled different ways (wxWdigets is a good example of this). > > Regards, > > -Roberto >
Excellent information. Thanks Roberto. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFF/65KiXBCVWpc5J4RAiTBAJdH55u8Kozpvo9jQNEGxSBNIHWhAJ4w8rPn gYdnRt/uWytdyW84HOtvVQ== =5rR8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
