Re: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-14 Thread Emil Pedersen
"Panuganty, Ramesh" wrote: > > Good that this discussion came up. I lost my checkinstall file which I > downloaded earlier and can't reach this site now (always inaccessible?). > Can somebody give me a copy of this checkinstall package? I dl'ed it a few hours ago from http://www.mirrors.w

RE: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-13 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
002 8:46 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: best way to install non debian package On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:15:00AM +0100, Fran?ois Chenais wrote: > > > > If you want install non-debian software, i.e., after compiling a > > compressed tarball, I woul

Re: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-13 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:15:00AM +0100, Fran?ois Chenais wrote: > > > > If you want install non-debian software, i.e., after compiling a > > compressed tarball, I would suggest that you give checkinstall a try. It > > creates a deb package, which installs the binaries in /usr/local.

Re: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-13 Thread François
> > If you want install non-debian software, i.e., after compiling a > compressed tarball, I would suggest that you give checkinstall a try. It > creates a deb package, which installs the binaries in /usr/local. > Installation/Removal is thru dpkg -i/-r. Bonus is that you can install > the resulat

Re: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-12 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 11:02:15AM +, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 11:01:01AM +0100, Fran?ois Chenais wrote: > > > > What's the best way to install package which are not(yet) in debian > > package format or in the current distribution ? > > > > For e

Re: best way to install non debian package

2002-03-12 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 11:01:01AM +0100, François Chenais wrote: > Hello, > > > What's the best way to install package which are not(yet) in debian > package format or in the current distribution ? > > For example, I need pilot-link > 0.10.0 to use with palm m125 > but

best way to install non debian package

2002-03-12 Thread François
Hello, What's the best way to install package which are not(yet) in debian package format or in the current distribution ? For example, I need pilot-link > 0.10.0 to use with palm m125 but have no deb package. In which directory may I install it ?