On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 05:38:51PM -0300, Daniel Ruoso wrote: > A friend of mine came to me with a strange question: > "Is it possible to apt-get install without being the super user?" > At the first time, I said no. Obvious. But then he said: > "And if I execute a 'make install', usually I can define the > installation prefix, so I can install into my home directory" > I was a little disturbed by the idea, but it did make some sense. I know > it's strange. But let's think about a lab at college, let's say I need > to test a software I am doing and that requires another software, and I > don't want to (or I don't have how to) bother the lab admin to install > the software. > Then I remembered pbuilder that actually does exactly this. And I > thought that it may be possible to have an user space apt-get install, > and even (in some specific cases) desirable. > What do you think? I think if you wander through the -devel list archives, you'll find a quite long thread discussing the idea, and implementation details thereof. Probably be quite useful to you as you bring your own thoughts and ideas on this together. -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Paul "TBBle" Hampson, MCSE 6th year CompSci/Asian Studies student, ANU The Boss, Bubblesworth Pty Ltd (ABN: 51 095 284 361) Paul.Hampson@Anu.edu.au "No survivors? Then where do the stories come from I wonder?" -- Capt. Jack Sparrow, "Pirates of the Caribbean" This email is licensed to the recipient for non-commercial use, duplication and distribution. -----------------------------------------------------------
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