LILO and consumers

Hello, This comment is related to red hat linux installation but since it is just a coment on LILO in general I have posted it here. I really don't think that the linux documentation is very straightforward. First, the toggle boot flag operation seems to be one that can nail novices. Second, maki

Can a Package be installed that only effects 1 user account?

Hello, Can a Package be installed that only effects 1 user account? One user needs an old egcs compiler. The rest of the users need the gcc 2.95 or gcc 3 compiler when upgraded. Can dpkg be used to install the .deb file so that it applies to just 1 user's account? The man dpkg, man dselect page

Debian and old EGCS compilers

Hello, I have a Debian system with gcc 2.95.4. However, I need egcs-2.91.66 (egcs 1.1.2 release). I have downloaded egcs-2.91.66 and have attempted to compile the source. "Make all" gives me large numbers of errors related to objects that are part of various libraries. I have a software distrib