On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:05:58 -0400, "Steve" wrote: Hey, So what do you on debian if you want a newer version of a program or a program that isnt in apt-get's list at all, just go get the src and compile it? and it should be fine or would this makes things unstable? (just something like xchat or whatever normal app) or make a quick (if possible) deb pkg out of the source and install it? thanks. Steve. ----- I think that an easy way to do this is to get an rpm package and use alien to convert it to *.deb.
I am sure there are a much more ways but at least for me this works fine. Also compiling the package if necesary works too. I hope this help. Regards. -- Sergio Basurto J. If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton) -- -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
