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Re: Octave advocacy
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Josep Monés i Teixidor |
Subject: |
Re: Octave advocacy |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:58:41 +0200 |
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Javier Arántegui wrote:
Usually the problem is not the compilation process itself what I find
difficult. It's uninstalling software what I think it's more complex.
Sometimes there is a 'make unistall' with the source but many times not.
Lately I have solved this problem creating myself the RPM files. To do this,
I am using 'checkinstall' instead 'make install' in the compilation process.
Checkinstall is one of the packets of my favourite distribution (SUSE 9.1
Pro) and can be found at <http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/>.
Hi,
If projects use autotools, as Octave does, you can use --prefix
parameter to configure to install the software to a desired directory.
This way you can delete that directory:
For instance:
./configure --prefix=/home/javier/binaries/octave --enable-shared
--disable-static
make
make install
If destination is writable by current user you can "make install"
without becoming root.
You'll need to add /home/javier/binaries/octave/bin to your path in
order to run it just typing octave.
Regards,
Josep
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- Re: Octave distribution (was: Re: Octave advocacy), (continued)
- Re: Octave distribution (was: Re: Octave advocacy), Dirk Eddelbuettel, 2004/09/17
- Re: Octave distribution (was: Re: Octave advocacy), Paul Kienzle, 2004/09/17
- Re: Octave distribution, Jonathan Stickel, 2004/09/18
- Re: Octave distribution, Paul Kienzle, 2004/09/18
- Re: Octave distribution (was: Re: Octave advocacy), Stefan van der Walt, 2004/09/22
Re: Octave advocacy, Keith Goodman, 2004/09/17
Re: Octave advocacy, Javier Arántegui, 2004/09/20
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