RE: Installing Non-Debian Programs w/out Apt -- what effect?
General Rule - anything not part of the distribution, compile from source
and use the installation prefix of /usr/local/
This will keep your custom installation separate from the distribution and
give you an easy upgrade route later on.
If the program needs it's own shared libraries then don't forget to add the
/usr/local/lib path to /etc/ld.so.conf.
Happy Hacking,
Colin Ellis
Solution City Ltd
http://www.solution-city.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Hal Vaughan [mailto:hal@thresholddigital.com]
Sent: 06 February 2003 18:21
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Installing Non-Debian Programs w/out Apt -- what effect?
Now that I finally have a working Debian system, I want to know what will
happen if I install non-Debian programs. I know this will vary from case to
case, but I'm wondering what the general impact is if I have to install
programs that I can't do from apt.
For example, Main Concept will be coming out with a pretty good video editor
soon (Main Actor), and it'll have its own install program. I'll also need
Open Office. (I know there's a package in Sid, but this is for production
boxen for my company -- I don't have time to deal w/ unstable and fix things
as they break -- I'd also like to try to keep my system as stable.) If I
install programs, do they generally not interfere w/ apt?
And, while I'm on it -- once a program is packaged (like Open Office) and is
in unstable, is there any general rule of thumb for how long it takes to go
to testing and finally to stable?
Hal
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