Re: Can a Package be installed that only effects 1 user account?

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Subject: Re: Can a Package be installed that only effects 1 user account?
From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 20:18:14 +0100
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On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 11:27:22AM -0700, John Richardson wrote:
> Can a Package be installed that only effects 1 user account?

Just unpack it (using 'dpkg -x' if you like) in that user's home
directory, and adjust that user's $PATH to use it.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]


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