Re: Installing a program from source

[Rhys Hardwick <debian-user@rhyshardwick.co.uk>]

On Tuesday 31 May 2005 19:20, Lee Braiden wrote:
> Use dh_make, if you can, or else checkinstall, to make and install an
> appropriate debian package.  Then, it can be uninstalled (often
> automatically) when a newer package is available.
checkinstall seems to be the better of the two, but as Cameron says, make 
uninstall is better if you have it, at least for me, as I am not installing 
many programs.

Thanks,

Rhys

	
	
		
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