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On 26 Jan 2009, at 22:51, Grant wrote: |
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> So for example, miro needs xine to play videos. If I ./configure miro |
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> with --prefix=/usr/local, it will install to /usr/local/miro or |
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> similar? |
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Yes. Read the configure options for the app you're installing. It |
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might also have a --libprefix or similar that you need to change, too. |
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> Then I would need to point it to xine and possibly others |
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> since it wasn't configured like --prefix=/ ? |
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Usually the configure scripts should find stuff installed in the main |
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part of the system. |
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> Is all this done as root? |
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`./configure && make` as user, `make install` as root (sudo?). |
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>> ... in any case |
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>> save the source tree for further refference, or just to be able to |
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>> make |
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>> uninstall. |
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> Couldn't I just uninstall with 'rm -rf /usr/local/miro' ? |
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I don't know about miro, but often foo will install not install a |
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directory /usr/local/foo but instead files /usr/local/food & /usr/ |
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local/foobar. These will get "intermingled" with files /usr/local/bard |
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& /usr/local/barfoo, so `make uninstall` is used to uninstall the |
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files cleanly. |
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I believe that configure scripts for some programs (e.g. mplayer?) may |
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also sometimes install config files in /etc - I think `make uninstall` |
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will remove these, but I get the impression from your earlier posts |
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that you may find this undesirable. |
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Nevertheless, it is worth experimenting with compiling by hand using |
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this method - I would consider it an essential Linux skill and it will |
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give you an insight into things around which Portage is merely a |
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wrapper. |
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Stroller. |
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