[Scribus] checkinstall

[ephemeron]

On 18. December 2003 at 4:22AM +0000,
Wayne Maeda <iw at ukulele.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 18 December 2003 09:00 am, Owen wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:45:53 +0000
> >
> > Wayne Maeda <iw at ukulele.com> wrote:
> > > Does anyone use Checkinstall when compiling Scribus?  Just
> > > wondering how you remove the previous Scribus version when
> > > compiling the
> >
> > Just wondering why you would want to. If you use the default
> > configuraton, the binary is placed in /usr/local/bin and the
> > libraries in /usr/local/lib/scribus/
> >
> > When you do a new install, it just overwrites the "old files"
> 
> Thanks for the tip. Does the same thing happen if you install
> an rpm version of Scribus after having compiled a previous
> version?

I use a gnu program called stow.  When compiling I use something
like ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/scribus-20031210, and
use stow to create the proper symlinks in /usr/local/bin, etc
("cd /usr/local/stow ; stow scribus-20031210").

To purge my "old" scribus install, I simply "rm -fR
/usr/local/stow/scribus-20031210".  Or I can keep my old install,
and simply have stow symlink a new scribus-DATE version ("cd
/usr/local/stow ; stow --delete scribus-20031210 ; stow
scribus-20031225").