Re: OK, how do I UNinstall programs?

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From: James Lee
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 00:00

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A lot of users would have one of the package managers already running,
and sometimes applications come in tarballs, rpm, etc. Now if one were
to try to install an rpm but one of its dependent library  was installed via
tarball, then rpm doesn't know about it and if you used the --nodeps
option, you may still end up with an unrunnable package. That was what
happened when I tried installing a WindowMaker rpm, but libPropList
was installed earlier via tarball.

NOw, of course, it is not so good to mix these kind of things.
I would sure love to have a tar2rpm, tar2deb, etc. type of utility
around that repackages tarballs into the various package managements
systems. It is of course possible that one does build, but I don't know
how easy or difficult that is until I have read the whole manual.

I have searched for a tar to rpm type of utility, but I have gone into
some deadend. Anyone have any leads?

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From: James Lee <leekk@cs.utexas.edu>
Subject: Re: OK, how do I  UNinstall programs?
Date: 1999/04/24
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