Re: [linux-audio-dev] managing installations from source [CVS]

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] managing installations from source [CVS]
From: Conrad Parker (conrad_AT_vergenet.net)
Date: Tue Sep 03 2002 - 04:02:30 EEST


On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 12:45:05AM +0200, Vincent Touquet wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I ask this question here because I know
> a lot of you manage to install lots of
> applications from a fresh cvs snaphot
> without troubles (I think ;).
>
> How do you manage these from-source installs ?
> Are there people who use stow ?
> [cfr. http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/stow.html]
>
> Or does make install / make uninstall usually
> does a good task of (un)installing the software ?
>
> I have installed software from sources this way
> before, most notably alsa eg. I just wonder
> if there are any "tricks of the trade" to be mastered.

most packages use GNU automake/autoconf, for which the make uninstall
target is fairly reliable.

obviously something like the ALSA drivers needs some system-wide
configuration, but most apps and libraries will work fine with just
make install / make uninstall.

tips? if you're installing libraries in /usr/local, make sure /etc/ld.so.conf
contains /usr/local/lib, and be sure to run ldconfig after installing or
removing libraries. Oh and watch your PKG_CONFIG_PATH, that tends to bite
everyone: export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig

Conrad.


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