Re: [off topic] installing linux from scratch
On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 11:05:32 +0200, Armin Wegner wrote:
> Currently I'm using Debian. Debian is fine. But there is no support for
> my Riva TNT chipset in X 3.3.2.3. So I've installed version 3.3.3.1 from
> source to /usr/local.
It's probably easier to use the 3.3.3.1 packages for slink from
http://netgod.net/x .
> dpkg is missing an option to tell it, that an package has been installed
> by hand and there is no need to install the .deb package.
Use the "equivs" package.
HTH,
Ray
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