On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 09:54:00PM -0400, Joel Konkle-Parker said > Perhaps I should make this a more general question. > > My underlying question involves adding and upgrading new software not > available in the official distribution. Let's say I want to put the new > version of an IM client on my Woody system. Do I compile it from source, > do a `make install` and be done with it? Do I build my own package and > install it that way?
I'd first look for a newer package on www.apt-get.org, then I'd see how hard it would be to build a deb of the newer version myself. If it's too much hassle, installing into /usr/local is no problem. Have a look at "stow", it makes handling stuff in /usr/local/ quite simple. -- Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: Subversion Leitrim AMEMB kilo class ASO Defcon Hi, VeriSign! [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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