From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luis Fernandes Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Software/HD ecology Date: 24 Dec 2002 01:24:00 -0500 Organization: Ryerson Polytechnic University Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <041220020952400758%ajanta@no.spam> <56cfb0e3.0212041458.5eab182a@posting.google.com> <061220020416350201%ajanta@no.spam> <071220021155280606%ajanta@no.spam> <5ld6obj8il.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <111220021253524057%ajanta@no.spam> <5l65u0i8zj.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <111220022053507599%ajanta@no.spam> <121220021324043990%ajanta@no.spam> <171220021132381961%ajanta@no.spam> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040712176 30966 80.91.224.249 (24 Dec 2002 06:42:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 06:42:56 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18QimF-00083H-00 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 2002 07:42:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Qijz-0001EK-06 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Dec 2002 01:40:35 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!torn!news.ryerson.ca!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: sulfur.ee.ryerson.ca User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.0.106 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108464 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4994 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4994 >>>>> "dmaster" == David Masterson writes: >>>>> Lee Sau Dan writes: >>>>> "David" == David Masterson writes: David> GNU tools generally are not distributed with any package David> manager in mind. They have "make install" and some have David> "make uninstall" as the replacement for a package manager. David> MS-Windows actually has this issue well handled. >> Most GNU softwares nowadays have "./configure >> --prefix=/anywhere/you/like/foobar" so that the "make install" >> will only put files there. Uninstalling is simply "rm -rf >> /anywhere/you/like/foobar". dmaster> This does not work if "/anywhere/you/like/foobar" (for dmaster> all "foobar") is "/usr/local" as is most often the case. Exactly! I NEVER use the default configure for Emacs because it puts things "all over the place". I change it so *everything* gets installed in one place; e.g. /usr/local/emacs-21.1/. This also allows me to run 2 different versions in parallel by just changing the link in /usr/local/bin/emacs to /usr/local/emacs-21.1/bin/emacs or whatever other version. Basically, /usr/local/bin is just a collection of symbolic links to packages in /usr/local/packageXXX-version/bin/. Old version are easily deleted by just nuking /usr/local/packageXXX-version and changing links in /usr/local/bin. Let's start the ball rolling with the Emacs configure, please.