Were to put non-debian files (was: [Q] update-menus broken in 1.3?)
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On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> Another question. I know this might be a FAQ.
>
> If I want to install a package that is not part of the Debian
> distribution, how do I go about it? I think there are two scenarios
> here -
>
> * foo.tar.gz contains the binaries, libs etc.
> * foo.tar.gz contains the source. Ie. I have to compile the program
> before I install it.
>
>
> I have currently been bypassing the dpkg mechanism and installing these
> packages under /usr/local tree.
You're doing it correctly, ideally all programs not installed from debian
(or redhat or slackware with alien) packages should be put under
/usr/local. Debian won't touch files there, except for a few packages
that create empty directories where local add-ons can be placed (perl and
emacs/xemacs that I recall).
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