Re: Best way to manually replace a package with a customized one
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010, Yahya Mohammad <mfyahya@gmail.com> writes:
> I want to use a custom compiled version of ffmpeg to enable some extra
> features. What is the best way to do this? I do not want to break
> anything that depends on ffmpeg.
>
> I tried making my own .deb package using checkinstall. This works
> fine, but whenever I run apt-get upgrade it wants to replace my
> customized ffmpeg.
Does "How to keep specific versions of packages installed"[1] solve your
problem?
Regards.
[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html
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