Miles Fidelman wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: >> Jason C. Wells wrote: >> >>> Is it advisable to install non-Debian provided packages? >>> For example .deb files are out for openoffice3 but they haven't made >>> their way to lenny yet. It seems like the Sun provided .deb files >>> aren't quite so slick with handling dependencies. That or I am >>> missing some important bit of understanding on how .debs work. >>> >> Generally, not advisable. OOo3 is in experimental right now if you're >> looking for the Debian package for that. >> > While I love apt for most things, I've installed lots of non-debian > packages, using the basic configure; make; make install approach. For > many packages, that's the only way to get the latest version. I've yet > to get Sympa to work from its .deb, for example.
If you go that route, I'd suggest something like stow to keep everything tidy and easy to uninstall: http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/ - Chris Burkhardt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]