On 12/23/05, Paraplegic Racehorse <paraplegic_racehorse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Wouldn't it be fantastic if you'd be able to use your distribution's > > package manager, or some similar system like AutoPackage etc? > > > > Installing lots of things from source is not always healthy for a system > > (can and will confuse your package manager), so I don't think it's a > > good idea to "make it easy" for end-users to do this. > > Try CheckInstall + kConfigure. It's not a GNOME combination, one being a > CLI-only tool and the other being a KDE tool, but it works really well. Alternatively, there is GNU source installer too: http://www.gnu.org/software/sourceinstall/sourceinstall.html Though I haven't tried it yet. Abel > > CheckInstall - http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ > kConfigure - http://kconfigure.sourceforge.net/ > > __ > Faster than a speeding slug! > I'm Paraplegic Racehorse. > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-list mailing list > gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list > -- Abel Cheung (GPG Key: 0xC67186FF) Key fingerprint: 671C C7AE EFB5 110C D6D1 41EE 4152 E1F1 C671 86FF -------------------------------------------------------------------- * GNOME Hong Kong - http://www.gnome.hk/ * Opensource Application Knowledge Assoc. - http://oaka.org/
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