any ideas on package managment?

purpleburple · 10-13-2002, 03:47 AM

Hi. I would like to know if there are any simple ways to find out where a package puts it files when it installs and also what files 'make install' alters. Id rather not use a package manager as I want to understand more about the install process.

Like say I install 'Xine' which I recently did. When I type 'make install' all that text that flys across the screen I assume is where its installing everything etc.
Is this the way to keep a log on the ' make install'?

make install > log
so that all that text is inserted in a log so that when I want to remove Xine I can 'rm' all those locations.

Also How do I detect which files were altered during the install?

thanks

markus1982 · 10-13-2002, 03:58 AM

Check www.freshmeat.net for packages like installwatch, make uninstall, etc

Flibble · 10-13-2002, 07:34 AM

You can also find out where RPM's stuff their files by doing an

rpm -q <PACKAGE_NAME> -l

Flibble

acid_kewpie · 10-13-2002, 07:54 AM

wel make uninstall itsn't a package....

markus1982 · 10-13-2002, 08:26 AM

Quote:

http://freshmeat.net/projects/make_uninstall
make_uninstall is used to monitor a command like 'make install', so a record of the install can be created, which will allow you to completely remove the package from your system later.

That's the package I meant, sorry for forgetting the underscore in there