even though checkinstall is buggy and old, when it works it’s great.

      • Ocelot@lemmies.world
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        1 year ago

        even package managers will still put stuff in random places like binaries outside my $PATH… or not even clearly telling me what the binary is named or how to execute what I just installed.

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          That’s just dumb work by whoever made the package, the package manager does as it’s told

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          But you can do a proper uninstall. And the package manager can also give you a list of all files a package will install / installed, so you’ll find stuff even in random places.