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Re: package installation question



On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 11:28:07AM +0200, Andreas Fromm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> what is the "correct" way to install a package thet depends on a library 
> which I didn't install from a deb but compiled by hand from source?
> 
> Just download the deb and make a dpkg --force -i package.deb?

Try to avoid using --force-anything. You can create a dummy package for
your library using equivs.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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