Make Install vs Yum Install

[Alexander Apprich]

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

same procedure. I would always prefer a rpm package, even if isn't from
an "official" repository, but from an "trusted" source.


Alex