Joseph wrote:

> I don't normally have any problem installing tarballs; but, I am being
> cautious about doing it in Gentoo.
>
> I assume that it will install fine, but I don't want to end up installing
> things without a good method of file tracking, so I can remove it cleanly
> if/when the time comes.
>
> How do the experienced people here go about installing/tracking their
> tarball installs?


Almost anything is available as an ebuild...
Are there really that many things that you need to install as a tarball
that you can't keep track of?


-WD