Re: Installation of .tgz files
Suresh Kumar. R [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For ex. I installed postfix*.tgz but apt is unaware of it. (Not quite answering your question, but:) Often I see people asking this question while they are unaware that there exists a perfectly integrated Debian package just with the software they are trying to install -- as in this case: there *is* a ready-made postfix Debian package. So before installing a program from sources, you should try: $ apt-cache search program name and: $ apt-cache show program name Never mind if you already knew that. Greetings, joachim
Re: Installation of .tgz files
* Suresh Kumar. R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When we install some package using .tgz files, the debian package mechanism is not aware that the particular package is installed. For ex. I installed postfix*.tgz but apt is unaware of it. Therefore, when I use apt-get for installilng something else, it would say, MTA not installed and it would try to install one. Is there any way to fix it so that I can still enjoy apt-get install? There is a package called equivs that does what you want. apt-get install equivs man equivs-build
Installation of .tgz files
Hi, When we install some package using .tgz files, the debian package mechanism is not aware that the particular package is installed. For ex. I installed postfix*.tgz but apt is unaware of it. Therefore, when I use apt-get for installilng something else, it would say, MTA not installed and it would try to install one. Is there any way to fix it so that I can still enjoy apt-get install? Suresh -- Suresh Kumar.R, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Electronics Communication College of Engineering, Trivandrum - 695 016, INDIA Phone: (O) 91 471 414634/418379, (R) 91 471 443496
Re: Installation of .tgz files
Suresh Kumar. R wrote: Hi, When we install some package using .tgz files, the debian package mechanism is not aware that the particular package is installed. For ex. I installed postfix*.tgz but apt is unaware of it. Therefore, when I use apt-get for installilng something else, it would say, MTA not installed and it would try to install one. Is there any way to fix it so that I can still enjoy apt-get install? I believe that you can use alien to install RPM, packages from .tgz, and (?) Slackware packages also, so that they show up, for instance, in dselect, or dpkg -l. What I don't know, and rather doubt, is that this method will Provide: dependencies, but there may be some switch that will force in a Provide:, or some other method. It's been a year since I've used it, so I'm not perfectly expert on it anymore (was I ever?), and I'll leave reading the man page, and the info page, as an exercise to the reader. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 972-729-5387 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home phone on request) http://www.koyote.com/users/bolan RE: xmailtool http://www.koyote.com/users/bolan/xmailtool/index.html I am the ILOVEGNU signature virus. Just copy me to your signature. This email was infected under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
