Re: Installation of .tgz files

[Christopher Splinter <chris@splinter.inka.de>]

* "Suresh Kumar. R" <sudhas@md3.vsnl.net.in> wrote:

> When we install some package using .tgz files, the debian
> package mechanism is not aware that the particular package is
> installed. For ex. I installed postfix*.tgz but apt is unaware
> of it. Therefore, when I use apt-get for installilng something
> else, it would say, MTA not installed and it would try to
> install one.
> 
> Is there any way to fix it so that I can still enjoy apt-get
> install?

There is a package called "equivs" that does what you
want.

apt-get install equivs && man equivs-build