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This seems like how I read some old unix guide on compiling software. I put it all in ~/local/$software/$version with $software/latest symlink. I really prefer
by potatosareok 11y ago
This seems like how I read some old unix guide on compiling software. I put it all in ~/local/$software/$version with $software/latest symlink. I really prefer it as I can wipe software just with removing the directory.
I hate software like MySQL though which seems to ignore me setting --prefix in configure and still insisting to be default look in random directories.
With software with a good makefile and pkgconfig file, I've not had major trouble compiling all the software I use from source.
- digi_owl 11y agoYep. And if you look back you find that GNU have a tool called Stow that do pretty much the same thing to compiled code. Gobolinux started out as a tool for managing user compiled code inside said users home directory. And a variant of that still exist in the form of Rootless, but i can't comment on how well maintained the tool is. BTW the first few releases of Gobolinux used a different distro as a base, and overlaid the Gobo tree on top.