On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 07:48:32PM -0800, Ken Restivo wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 07:13:15PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 05:48:54PM +0100, Peder Hedlund wrote: > > > Quoting Atte <atte@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > > >I wanna use non from kxstudio instead of my compiled version. How do I > > > >completely remove everything installed by hand? Here's what I did and > > > >the result: > > > > > > > >atte@skagen:~/software/shared/non$ sudo ./waf uninstall > > > >Waf: Entering directory `/mnt/data/atte/medium/software/non/build' > > > >- remove /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/non-mixer.png > > > >- remove /usr/local/share/pixmaps/non-mixer/icon-256x256.png > > > > > > I always compile everything with --prefix=/opt/programname-version (e.g. > > > /opt/jack-0.124.1) and then use stow (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/stow , I use > > > v1.3.3) to populate /usr/local with symlinks. > > > The command for that would be 'stow -d /opt/ -t /usr/local jack-0.124.1' > > > > > > To uninstall just run stow again with the -D flag added and 'rm -rf > > > /opt/jack-0.124.1' > > > > > > This way it's also easy to install and test a shiny new version of a program > > > while still keeping the old and trusted version in case the new one is crap. > > > Just skip the rm-part. > > > > I'll just add that the Gobo Linux distribution is built on a > > technique similar to stow, using symlinks that allow > > multiple versions to be installed, and keeping all files > > for each applications separate. > > > > The package manager and administration utilities for Gobo > > are written in shell, which makes for interesting reading. > > > > For the past few years I've used nix for handling things that Debian just can't seem to keep up with. > > Nix is pretty cool, it's uses immutability, like Git or CouchBase or Clojure. Beats doing a ton of source builds in /usr/local or /opt. I looked into Nix before. Based on a functional language. Some of the same researchers have another project, Mancoosi, aiming to provide per-application rollback ability to users.[1] Ubuntu now has Snappy, an alternative package with similarities to Gobo Linux and stow.[2] They say it's for the cloud, but I wonder if it won't supplant apt-get entirely for Ubuntu in future. The effort involved in Debian packaging is huge, IMO, compared to some other simpler systems. 1. http://www.dicosmo.org/space/PlaquetteMancoosi-rotated.pdf 2. https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/ Joel > -ken -- Joel Roth _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
