[LBo] Kino

Anita Lewis a.lewis at linuxbasics.org
Mon Aug 27 16:31:30 CEST 2007


Andrew Henry wrote:

> I did not know that checkinstall was so easy to do...yes, this would be
> better than simply 'make install'...I had read a quick article on
> linux.com and all I remember about the article was that checkinstall was
> not recommended, despite it's ease of use compared to dh-make/lintian
> because it did not perform the same checks and could result in other apt
> DB issues.

I would be interested in seeing that article.  I'm going to check into
the other method as well, especially if it is a better alternative.

Thanks for the input, Andrew, and if you can find that linux.com link,
please post it.  Otherwise I will consult my google.com/linux friend. :-)

Anita

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