Hi Ali,
Ali Helmy wrote:
> Hey mates,
>
> When I do the regular install dance [./configure, make, make install]
> the problem I end up with, is that the installed program does not show
> on yum, so I cannot update/remove/etc...
>
yum is a frontend for the rpm database/packages. If you do a
./configure, make, make install then you install something without
having a rpm package. Most of the software have an uninstall
section in the makefile, so if you change into your source
directory do a make uninstall.
Hth
Alex
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Thanks mate, that solves half of my problems... but what about updating it?
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