Re: Installation of sources (debian/non-debian)
*-Ingo Hohmann <ingo.hohmann@usa.net>
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| Hello!
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| I've some source-packages (mostly .tar.gz) that I'd like
| to install. Is it possible to do this in a way, that the
| system later on knows about the binarys, like, if it's
| been a debin binary package? (Things like automatic menus,
| eventual update with dselect, and the like?)
Not easily. The most general way is to actually make a .deb of it.
You can either become a maintainer or just use it locally.
For menus see: /usr/doc/menu
To circumvent dependencies: See package equivs
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