On 24/11/14 13:25, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
And exactly what is the "Debian way" to add custom (NOT customized pre-packaged) software to the system?
As far as I can tell, the obvious things that go into the "Debian way" for installing custom software are:
1) If your software isn't installed via Debian's packaging system, avoid conflicts with the packaging system by installing it in places that Debian's packaging system is not supposed to manipulate (e.g. /usr/local)
2) If your software needs an "init script", make sure that your script includes a correct LSB header and supports at least the "standard" verbs with their expected meanings.