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Re: KDE/Qt Status in Debian dists



On Wed, 07 Apr 1999, J.H.M. Dassen wrote:
> 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.
> 


KDE as well as Qt install into /usr/local by default.

> Ray

Greets,
Joop
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Joop Stakenborg PA4TU
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