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Re: build vs install

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Hi Brad,

On 4/9/19, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 11:35:05 -0400
> Lee wrote:
>
> Hello Lee,
>
>>What are the downsides to getting the source code and doing the
>>build/install myself vs. using a pre-built package other than I'm
>>responsible for noticing the software needs to be updated?
>
> Mostly, it's time.  Also, you're responsible for installing any required
> new dependencies, be they development packages or binaries.  Which,
> again, comes down to time.  Such package requirements aren't always
> immediately obvious, and may not even be mentioned in release notes.
>
> For this reason, there's only one piece of software I compile and install
> 'by hand' as it were.

Yes, building & installing yourself takes time.  Hopefully not much
after working the kinks out on the first build/install, but still..

>>The latest example is ttcp
>>  http://nuttcp.net/nuttcp/latest/  has 8.1.4
>>  https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/nuttcp  has 6.1.2-4
>
> I was going to suggest adding stable-backports to your sources.list.
> Assuming, of course, that you're running stable.  A quick check of
> Debian packages shows that wouldn't help in this case.  A fact, no doubt
> you're aware of, hence your query.

Yes.  gawk being the other package I'd like to have on the latest
version, but doesn't seem to be in backports :(

>>If I ever decide to go with the debian package I just uninstall the
>>software I built and .. anything else that needs to be done before
>
> Yes, made easier if the install mechanism creates a useful log and you
> can later 'make --uninstall'.
>
>>installing an official package?
>
> I'd back up any config file(s) just in case anything 'blows up'.

Which raises another question, but I'll start another thread for that.

>  That
> is to say, if there's any incompatibility between Debian's way of writing
> the config files, and the package creator's way of doing so.  The Debian
> package installer may write the configs somewhere other than where the
> creator does, for example.

But they're still all text files - right?  There's nothing like MS
Windows registry that you might have to clean after uninstalling
something or installing in a different location?

Thank you!
Lee

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build vs install Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-09 17:40 +0200
  Re: build vs install Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-04-09 18:20 +0200
    Re: build vs install Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-09 19:40 +0200
      Re: build vs install Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-04-09 20:30 +0200
        Re: build vs install Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-09 21:00 +0200
          Re: build vs install Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-04-09 23:00 +0200
            Re: build vs install Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-09 23:40 +0200
              Re: build vs install Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-04-10 10:20 +0200
            Re: build vs install David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-04-10 01:10 +0200
              Re: build vs install Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-04-10 10:20 +0200
  Re: build vs install Michael Howard <mike@dewberryfields.co.uk> - 2019-04-09 19:00 +0200
    Re: build vs install Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-09 20:10 +0200
      Re: build vs install Michael Howard <mike@dewberryfields.co.uk> - 2019-04-09 23:20 +0200
        Re: build vs install Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2019-04-10 00:00 +0200

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