Re: Using sources to update packages...

ZephyrQ wrote: > ...Will I mess up the system if I choose to 'upgrade' a package by > compiling from sources (in this case just a game)? If you are talking about this sequence: tar xzvf program-X-Y.tar.gz cd program-X.Y ./configure make make check make install Then you should be oka

Re: Using sources to update packages...

Hi. ZephyrQ, 26.07.2007 00:07: > ...Will I mess up the system if I choose to 'upgrade' a package by > compiling from sources (in this case just a game)? Not if you install into a custom directory, like $HOME/Games for example. Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: Ope

Using sources to update packages...

It has been a **long** while since I ran pure Debian (2+ years) and I seem to have forgotten... ...Will I mess up the system if I choose to 'upgrade' a package by compiling from sources (in this case just a game)? I'm on Etch, but thinking of going up to Lenny...has it stabilized a bit? (Rea

Re: Using sources

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 10 Mar 2002 16:21, Randolph S. Kahle wrote: > I am assuming that the reason one would want to compile the sources is > to use compiler options for a particular processor (586, 686, etc.). Is > this the primary advantage or are there other advan

Using sources

I have always ignored the sources for Debian. Is there some information about the source packages, how to compile them, etc.? I am assuming that the reason one would want to compile the sources is to use compiler options for a particular processor (586, 686, etc.). Is this the primary advantage o