On 09.06.2012 19:04, Rainer M Krug wrote: [...] > OK - I installed awesome in a non-standard location by using > > cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/rkrug/inst/awesome/ > make > make install > > which looks fine for me, as I can easily delete th directory > /home/rkrug/inst/awesome/ and it is > gone. In addition, it does not interfere with my Ubuntu stable awesome > install, and the debian > menu is still there. > > So: But how can I use my new installation? I could specify the path to the > new awesome in the > xsessions file to start it, but I assume that awesome-client will then be the > one installed system > wide?
awesome-client should be identical between both versions. It's just a shell script, so you could use "diff" to check for differences. > Is there an easy way, of using my git awesone installation, but still having > the stable one > installed via ubuntu available? I guess I'd just add that path to $PATH: PATH=/home/rkrug/inst/awesome/bin:$PATH Since it comes before /usr/bin in $PATH, the apps in there would be found first. > I am a little reluctant to remove the ubuntu one, as then the debian menu > would be removed and > possibly other features as well. [...] Uli -- "For saving the Earth.. and eating cheesecake!" -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
