Re: GNU System Explanation

[Claudio Fontana]

--- Filip Brcic <address@hidden> ha
scritto: 

> > Can someone please give me a concise explanation
> of what the intended goals
> > are here?
> 
> The goal is to make package installation and removal
> as easy as cp and rm.

Some pre/post installation stuff seems needed.
What about install-info, for example? Maintaining
$(infodir)/dir seems not possible by just using

$ tar -zxvf package_name.tgz

in a dedicated dir in /packages/

I have little experience in non-source-based
installations so please excuse my ignorance.

> > I understand that you want packages isolation in
> > /packages,

How would source code be installed in this situation?
Would the following or something similar work?

$ tar -zxvf my_program.tar.gz
$ cd my_program/
$ ./configure --prefix=/packages/my_program
$ make
$ make install

In this case I'd have a source-based package manager
already available.

http://www.gnu.org/software/sourceinstall/sourceinstall.html

CLaudio



        

        
                
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