On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 04:53:26AM +0100, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > I'm running FC3. I have a couple of programs that are not available as > > rpms that I had to install from source. I was just wondering if there is > > a way to register them so that, for example, rpm -q myprogram would give > > correct results. Does anyone has experience with that? > http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ A good suggestion. Also, don't forget to check Fedora Tracker <http://fedoratracker.org/tracker.py?mode=pkgSearch> -- the packages you're looking for might be available in RPM form afterall. Also, if you do have to install from source, make sure you install into /usr/local or into /opt/programname -- that way, at least you're not making a mess of the rpm-managed part of the system. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
