Re: Making debs..

[marshal@h9.dion.ne.jp]

>>>>> "Leo" == Leo Spalteholz <leo@thewoodpecker.ca> writes:

    >> You of course, don't really need to build a deb.  You could
    >> just install things into /usr/local.
    >> 
    > So all programs that were installed without the package manager
    > should go into /usr/local?

Generally.  dpkg, apt and everything else won't touch /usr/local.
Most programs should be configured to install into /usr/local.

You may want to look at the stow package if you plan on installing
lots into there.  It'll keep things a bit cleaner, and allow you to
uninstall.

Good Luck!

Marshal