GNU Source Installer version 0.4 has just been released. GNU Source Installer is an effort to provide a convenient, centralized way to manage installations from source code. At the basics level, it offers a GUI front-end to the (./configure && make && make install) sequence, and then on top of that it offers many additional features, like package information, installation consistency checks, enhanced uninstallation, per-package editable descriptions, commented commands in the pseudo-console. Source packages built using the autotools (and in particular autoconf) get much better support than the others.
GNU Source Installer knows about itself, so it can be removed from within the program like any other package (a warning is provided in the package description). It can also be updated like any other package, using the Add Package action to replace it with a new version. GNU Source Installer is targeted at (modern) Unix-like systems (with GNU/Linux as the primary target). People are encouraged to test 'sourceinstall' on their platform and then report any Unix portability problems. This version is available in two alternative flavours: one normal sourceinstall-0.4.tar.gz release, and a behemot self-extracting interactive installer that includes all major sourceinstall dependencies (tcl/tk and Expect, but excluding X), that are compiled and installed if needed. Even these dependencies can be managed from the installer itself. GNU Source Installer links: homepage (manual, downloads, other info): http://www.gnu.org/software/sourceinstall/sourceinstall.html development: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/sourceinstall mailing list: bug-sourceinstall_at_gnu_dot_org release NEWS: http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/sourceinstall/sourceinstall/NEWS Claudio Fontana __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ GNU Announcement mailing list <info-gnu@gnu.org> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu
