Bug#121038: apt: Problems installing package locally
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: normal
It's generally difficult to install packages locally and have apt
recognize them as fulfilling a dependency; or it's difficult to
install a local version of a package (from a tarball) and have
the deb installed as well; or to update a library from a tarball
(because some other non-Debianized program requires a newer version
than available in Debian). I'm sure you are already aware of
problems in these situations.
I believe there must be work-arounds for these problems -- if this
is true, it would be nice to list them in apt-howto. The maintainer
of that package, Gustavo Noronha Silva <kov@debian.org>, wanted me
to file this but against apt/dpkg. Perhaps it would be best to
direct any solutions to him, so he could document them, or provide
a pointer to any existing documentation.
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux lothlorien.colorstudy.net 2.4.14 #1 Fri Nov 9 12:34:44 CST 2001 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.4-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-0.01100 The GNU stdc++ library
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