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>> I'd like to install the latest miro from their nightlies and that |
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>> means installing manually without an ebuild. I've always avoided this |
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>> because I don't want files spread across my system without an easy way |
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>> to remove them. I've also always wanted to set up a good cruft |
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>> removal script for keeping my system clean (I'll admit that takes me |
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>> in the hobbyist direction) and I'm thinking the two might work well |
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>> together. I could temporarily install apps without an ebuild and use |
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>> a cruft removal script to remove them. |
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>> |
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>> What do you guys think of this? Do you know of a good cruft removal |
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>> script? |
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> |
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> If you can install your apps into a specific location, I'd use xstow. |
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> |
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> emerge xstow |
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> cd ~/install/myapp-1.2.3 |
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> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/myapp-1.2.3 && |
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> make && |
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> make install |
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> cd /usr/local/stow |
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> xstow myapp-1.2.3 |
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> |
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> myapp-1.2.3 is installed into /usr/local/stow/myapp-1.2.3, but xstow |
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> created symlinks into the /usr/local hierarchy, so it looks as if it were |
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> directly installed there. No need to add /usr/local/stow/myapp-1.2.3/bin |
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> to the PATH and such. |
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> Use xstow -D myapp-1.2.3 to remove the symlinks if you want to uninstall, |
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> then remove /usr/local/stow/myapp-1.2.3. |
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That would still leave anything installed outside of /usr/local (/etc |
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for example) right? |
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- Grant |
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