Re: Whats the best way to upgrade tools from source?
On Tue 28 Jul 2009 at 11:57:18 +0200, ml ml wrote:
> i need file version 5.x on my system. But Debian etch comes with file
> version 4.17.
> How do i install 5.x (from source) without messing up my system?
Backport it from unstable:
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto/howtos/debcustomize
An extra necessary package you'll probably need is etch's quilt.
No messing with tarballs and sorting out build dependencies, and you have will
have a debian package which integrates into the system. It took 2 minutes to do
on this lenny system.
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