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Re: KDE/Qt Status in Debian dists



On Wed, Apr 07, 1999 at 05:11:27 -0400, Sean wrote:
> Just bypass the whole package manager, download the source, compile and
> install.

Bypassing the package manager is usually a bad idea, unless you compile the
source to install outside the package manager controlled directories, e.g.
by --prefix=/usr/local, and if necessary use "equivs" to tell the package
management system about this software.

Ray
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