Make Install vs Yum Install

[Ali Helmy]

On 10/04/06, Alexander Apprich <a.apprich at science-computing.de> wrote:
>
> 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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