Gidday all - I have a question regarding installing software from source as opposed to .debs
It is obviously a better thing to use a deb package if available, but what damage might I be causing if I install something from source? For example I have installed sshd from source (on a work machine), because I could not find a prepacked deb. The reason the subject mentions sun 3/50s is that my home server will change to debian from slackware (mumble 3) when I have some time to concentrate on it. On the network I have an old green sun 3/50 which uses tftp and xdm and so on - I see the potential for a lot of dependencies. Is there a deb for such a situation? Comments/advice/ridicule welcome :)
