Program suggestion

[Kendrick]

I duno if checkinstall still works proper..  I had some weard issues
with it but that may have been with my ssp  setup.    I do like
checkinstall alot!  there is also a nuke script for it that removes all
files created by the install

Sexton, Kyle wrote:

>You should check out the checkinstall program that I sent a link about a
>few days ago.  It basically does exactly that, with the advantage of
>creating packages for the programs.
>
>Kyle Sexton
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org [mailto:kclug-bounces at kclug.org] On Behalf
>Of Leo Mauler
>Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:58 AM
>To: kclug at kclug.org
>Subject: Re: Program suggestion
>
>A decent uninstaller for source-compiled and
>standalone installer applications.  Some kind of
>installer "wrapper" which would make a record of
>installed files and either offer the option to
>uninstall them for you, or at least give you a
>"roadmap" to do it by hand.
>
>It could be as simple as a script which does a
>recursive ls from root directory before and after the
>install, and then reports the changes in the "after"
>file.  An added bonus would be if the whole process
>was automatic, such as the following command line
>(using an example standalone installer):
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