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#1 2005-03-13 19:37:16

Mordrek
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From: Norway
Registered: 2005-03-10
Posts: 14

Compiling in Arch

How do you compile programs in Arch?

I really don't like to run

./configure
make
make install

I want to be able to review what i have installed, and uninstall it again without problems. In Slackware i use a tool called checkinstall. When i compile a program i do:

./configure
make
checkinstall

Checkinstall will then make a Slackware-package of the program, and install it. I can easily remove the package again.

Is there similar software i could use for Arch? Or would checkinstall work in Arch too?

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#2 2005-03-13 20:08:54

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Re: Compiling in Arch

You make a pkgbuild, and make your own package.
Check the wiki and the forum for ABS, and how to make your own packages.


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#3 2005-03-13 20:55:06

T-Dawg
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From: Charlotte, NC
Registered: 2005-01-29
Posts: 2,736

Re: Compiling in Arch

PKGBUILD:
http://xentac.net/~jchu/packaging/packaging01.html

easy install via pacman:

pacman -A /location/of/package.pkg.tar.gz

pacman -Rn package to remove it and the config files

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#4 2005-03-13 22:50:59

iphitus
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From: Melbourne, Australia
Registered: 2004-10-09
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Re: Compiling in Arch

As far as I know, you can still use checkinstall, just download and compile it wink

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#5 2005-03-13 23:33:49

miqorz
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Registered: 2004-12-31
Posts: 475

Re: Compiling in Arch

iphitus wrote:

As far as I know, you can still use checkinstall, just download and compile it wink

Don't confuse the newbie.


http://wiki2.archlinux.org/

Read it. Love it. Live it. Or die.

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