GNU Source Installer 2.0 first offical release is available: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sourceinstall
GNU Source Installer 2.0 is a complete rewrite of the previous sourceinstall. It is a complete source code installations manager for Unix-like systems, useful for both the beginner and the advanced user. While the beginner can appreciate the fancy GTK gui to handle configuration, compilation, and installation of source packages (without hiding the low level details for an interested user), the advanced user can benefit from a complete and scriptable command line front-end, and more functionality than he would have by using ./configure && make && make install directly: - tracking of installed packages and the associated files amd installation consistency checks. - extended information about source packages - easy and clean handling of package upgrades - enhanced uninstallation, when make uninstall is not able to clean the installation completely - package information export in plain text and XML formats - host-specific binary package generation from the installation - centralized settings for prefix and other build preferences Personally I use this package manager _in addition_ to the OS specific package management tools on my systems, using different prefixes for system-level installations, while user-installations are all handled by sourceinstall. Using customized installation prefixes might require OS specific adjustements to enable library installations (extending LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable, or using ld.so.conf). It has been reported that on some proprietary UNIX system it might be necessary to have /usr/ccs/bin in the PATH to build the sourceinstall library. Development happens on savannah: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/sourceinstall The project is looking for help: https://savannah.gnu.org/people/?group=sourceinstall Please report public comments, critics, bug reports, and any other feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Happy installing, Claudio ___________________________________ Yahoo! Mail: gratis 1GB per i messaggi e allegati da 10MB http://mail.yahoo.it _______________________________________________ GNU Announcement mailing list <info-gnu@gnu.org> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu
