On 19-Jul-99 Klaus Pieper wrote: > Hi, > > How can I install a tar package and replace a debian package. I would > like to install perl 5.005_03. I tried to remove the old one with > dselect and all the web packages were gone. > So, is there any chance either to remove the old perl stuff and keep the > dependent packages or can I build a deb package from the tar file? >
In potato using the newer apt: apt-get source foo where foo is the package you want source for. cd into the directory it creates (it makes it in ./) debian/rules binary cd.. install the deb that is there.
