-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 02:21:42PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > use SUDO command .. but the root sysadmin.. should have to add to the > list of users to let u use sudo on any user's shell .. > On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 12:43:57PM -0500, Matt England wrote: > > How can one install .deb package as non-root user? I see a 'dpkg --root' > > parameter, but it doesn't seem to help (as per below). > > > > Redhat's rpm can install with an non-root account; why not > > dpkg/apt/wajig...or maybe one of these things can do this somehow and I > > don't know about it? > > > > I'm part of a software development team that plans to produce Debian > > packages. However, one of our requirements is to be able to support > > non-root installs of our software (to a user's home directory, for > > example). I would be quite disappionted if the Debian package system can > > not support this. > > > > Are there any workarounds if Debian packages can not do this? Will > > alien-rpm support non-root installs with .rpm's on Debian?i Hi while sudo will work, that gives the user the ability to install every packae he gets his hands on... (possibly ;) ) dangarous... you could also try --root (and consorts, see manpage) in kombination with fakeroot... i havent tried it, but depending on the package, might work...
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