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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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>> |
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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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> |
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> No. All the symlinks will be in /usr/local or subdirectories of it (or more |
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> general: in the parent directory of the stow dir). |
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I thought running something like '.configure --prefix=/usr/local && |
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make && make install' could still install files outside of /usr/local. |
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No? |
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- Grant |
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