Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:27:52 -0500 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Michael Grant" <mg-fbsd3@grant.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: installing software question Message-ID: <011701c2b0fa$56a742f0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <200212311823.gBVINSJ14710@splat.grant.org>
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> When I install something from the ports collection, the makefile > nicely generates a packing list so I can deinstall it at a later time. > > Is there an easy way to do this if I download some random tar file for > which I would normally untar it, ./configure, and make install? > > In other words, I install something which is not in the ports > collection manually, I'd like to generate a packing list so I can use > pkg_delete to remove it. Is there an easy way to do this? The best way to do this is to create a port for the software you want to install and get it added to the ports collection. The porters handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.htm l) has detailed instructions on how to do this. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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