Re: What do I do with tarballs?

[ktb <xyf@inetnebr.com>]

Stefan Langerman wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> dselect is great, but what do I do when there is no deb package for the
> soft I want? I know of course how to install somethng from a tarball, my
> question is just: where do I do it? Where do I put the package etc. and
> make sure I am not messing up dpkg? Are there any conventions for that?
> Is there any doc that explains that?

This came up a while back.  Take a look at, 

http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9902/msg00765.html

for more info.
hth,
Kent