[Voyage-linux] Install experimental package from git repository

[Andrew Malcolmson]

On Tue, 12 May 2009 11:43:38 +0800, "Jeff Mai" <jmai at iinet.net.au> said:
...
> The mpd version I need is available in a git repository.  I started by
> installing
> git-core on the Alix, but quickly realised that I'd need to install quite
> a lot
> of dependent packages in order to compile mpd on the Alix.  Maybe I
> shouldn't be
> compiling on the Alix, but on a desktop machine and then install the
> binaries to
> the Alix...

On your desktop, you could pass an install location to configure such as
'--prefix=/tmp/mpd'.  Run make and make install - the install tree will
be under /tmp/mpd.  Cd to /tmp/mpd and tar up everything there.   Copy
the tar file to the root of your Voyage box and untar it.  Probably a
good idea to log tar's output so you'll know where the files went in
case you need to uninstall it, i.e.

tar xvf mpd.tar > mpdinstall.txt
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Andrew Malcolmson