Brian May([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 05:46:56PM +1100:
> >>>>> "Bram" == Bram Dumolin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Bram> 1) How do you rebuild the dpkg db on a system where there
> Bram> are so many self-compiled/installed programs that you lost
> Bram> track of it. I mean, is there a simple way of checking them
> Bram> in the db, so you can upgrade easily to the newest versions
> Bram> or do you have to install the debs and then remove your
> Bram> originally compiled programs.
>
> apt?
I know apt, and I love it :) but that wasn't what I meant.
I used to install Debian because I liked the install and where it put stuff.
Everything on there is compiled by hand until recently when I discovered apt :)
so I want all those programs to be in my dpkg db, so I can upgrade them through
apt-get.
> Bram> 2) Is there a way to update the dpkg db, with your own
> Bram> program info. Without creating a .deb. ex: I installed x
> Bram> from sources and of course there isn't anything in my system
> Bram> except the binaries and the config files, that show that I
> Bram> installed it. Can I manually add that to the dpkg db? Or
> Bram> should I just edit some files in /var/lib/dpkg ?
>
> You should install packages like this under /usr/local.
>
> Also see the "stow" package.
ok tnx, but I want them in my dpkg db, not in a seperate db :)
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