Checkinstall and mysql problem

[ShaolinF]

Hi Guys

I am trying to install mysql community server 5.1.30 on my ubuntu 8.10 from source. I am using the latest version of checkinstall to simplify my uninstall of the server. So the following is what I do:

./configure --prefix=/to/my/dir
sudo make
sudo checkinstall

The problem is with the checkinstall. Everything works fine up untill then. I get an "Installation failed. Aborting package creation". Does anyone know where I am going wrong?

[andrew.46]

Hi,

Can you give the section of checkinstall that fails? If it complains about files or directories that it cannot find there is a simple fix, run checkinstall as:


sudo checkinstall --fstrans=no

You can see a few more details about this bug here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6254063&postcount=59

All the very best,

Andrew