On 3/19/07, Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> wrote:
Jeff Zhang wrote:
> Most installed packages will mess $HOME more or less when compiled with
> --prefix=$HOME. Though, keep the log of `make install' may be used as an
> removing method if wanted latter.
> Is there some package manager that can be used for normal user under their
> home location?
> By which the software can be cleanly purged and so on.
> Or some extensions of checkinstall to make an simple one.
A very good question. A fairly simple solution might be to use installwatch
to monitor the installation and output a log file. Then a simple script
could remove everything listed in the log file when you want to uninstall
it.
Sure, it is simple and could fulfill usage in some ways. :)