Source code package organizer

[amgeex]

Hey all, I find that installing packages from source without any 'tracking' is not that great, so I found this. Its a package organizer for source packages. This will log all modifications and files installed every time you install a program from source. It also lets you uninstall those packages and make binary packages of them. Read the docs and man page for all features and usage instructions.

http://paco.sourceforge.net

[mikedee]

I use this, it is awesome :)

http://www.gentoo.org/

[RYX]

I only read the Description in the README, but it looks very interesting - I was always looking for something like that. Fortunately, I am re-installing Ubuntu on my laptop today so I can use paco right from the start (though its not in the repos).

Thanks for the link ... :)

[amgeex]

You're welcome! Listen, when using paco and sudo, use it like this:

sudo paco -lD "make install"
and not:

paco -lD "sudo make install"
@ mikedee: I know gentoo is awesome, but its too much of a hassle for me. I guess someday I'll try it out and it will eventually boot! (lol)

[euskal]

@ mikedee: I know gentoo is awesome, but its too much of a hassle for me. I guess someday I'll try it out and it will eventually boot! (lol)

there is a pkg adminstration app: porthole

that's for those wondering ... that gentoo is so obscure cozz everything is done through command line.

http://porthole.sourceforge.net/screenshots/porthole-0.5-mainwindow.png

to install a binpkg on gentoo

emerge -gK zyx-blah

to create a binpkg

emerge --binpkg zyx-blah

or

emerge --binpkgonly xyz-blah

paco looks good, anyway :wink:

[karmapolice]

Even better - ArchLinux and it's awesome :lol: :P 8) .