[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On Fri Apr 26, 2002 at 05:00:45PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 12:14:00PM -0700, justin cunningham wrote: >> > Hi, I have to compile a program from source since the install >> > script for the deb package is installing in the wrong directory. >> > no biggie BUT I've always used deb packages and haven't mix n >> > matched before. Will I have a problem with dpkg at some latter >> > point? Please advise if applicable. Thanks, jusitn >> >> > > I don't think you need to build your own to accomplish this. > > dpkg -i -R /usr/local package.deb > > should install 'package' in /usr/local
Nope; that installs package.deb, plus any package files located anywhere under /usr/local. Maybe you're confusing dpkg with some other package management software whose name will remain unspoken on this august mailing list. (And really, it's a hard problem: I run 'foo', which wants to read from /etc/foo.conf. How do you deal if the package is installed under, say, /home/dmaze instead? Is there any way for the program to know to read /home/dmaze/etc/foo.conf without patching the binary (eew eew eew)? Do you get to have multiple versions of the same package installed in multiple places? It's probably cleaner to not attempt relocatable packages, and have admins/users build things from source and use stow or encap for management of $HOME or /usr/local...) -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
