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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] monitor what application installs
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 21:00:48
Message-Id: 20150525220030.0571a449@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] monitor what application installs by Heiko Baums
1 On Mon, 25 May 2015 21:27:04 +0200, Heiko Baums wrote:
2
3 > > Hello everyone. I am gonna install MATLAB on my box. Is there any way
4 > > to monitor what it installs on my machine?
5 > > Thanks.
6 >
7 > Best way is to use an ebuild and install it with emerge.
8 >
9 > Then you can check what's installed with:
10 > equery files --tree <package name>
11
12 Or you can use qlist packagename
13
14 > Here is an ebuild for matlab:
15 > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=466140
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17 If you want to install from source, and it uses the standard make && make
18 install, try using checkinstall from http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/
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20 You run checkinstall instead of make install and it tracks what is
21 installed. It can also build a binary package instead of installing.
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24 --
25 Neil Bothwick
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27 C Error #011: First C Program, huh?