Re: Red Hat 8.0 - Update MrProject 0.6 to current

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Steve Wampler wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 08:31, George Gambill wrote:
>
>
>>I went into the libgsf-1.6.0 subdirectory and did the ./configure thing
>>followed by the make thing followed by the make install thing.
>>
>>The command "rpm -qa | grep libgsf" still produces no results (next
command
>>line).
>>
>
>
> Unfortunately, a 'make install' typically installs without updating
> the RPM database, so you won't see anything through rpm, even
> though the install has taken place.  You have two choices:
>
> (1) Proceed, using the --nodeps and/or --force flags on rpm
>     when installing new mrproject rpm.
>
> (2) Locate and install 'checkinstall' - a program that you
>     can use in place of 'make install' when installing files
>     obtained from tar files instead of rpm files.  checkinstall
>     converts the installation into an rpm-based installation
>     so the RPM database gets properly updated.

No ....

He started with a src.rpm which will produce a much better rpm than
checkinstall.

Instead of installing the .src.rpm, rebuild it, and install the
resulting binary RPMS:

$ rpm --rebuild libgsg*.rpm

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