Hi Greg, Thanks for your detail advice.
> Another option, that may be less troublesome than using mixed versions > of deb packages, is to use the .tar.gz file from the vendor. I.E. > Mozilla provides Thunderbird.tar.gz package, untar it to /usr/local and > link the binary to /usr/local/bin, make sure /usr/local/bin is in your > path. This keeps your system clean as far as apt knows, you can just > delete the Thunderbird or whatever dir when the package gets released/ > installed as a deb file. /usr/local (/opt for LSB/FSH?) is a good place > to manage third party software, afaik. That is what I did on other distros. Because I just install this Debian box and expect to experience doing it in Debian way. If it will have trouble then I prefer getting back to my own way, hoping that all relevant dependencies are available. I will start another postings in re of 1) checkinstall on Debian 2) equivalent of RPM command on Deb B.R. Stephen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
