Re: Manual vs Automatic install for software newbie qustion

2004-10-26 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Scotty Fitzgerald: > I've noticed that a lot of software comes as "tar.gz" and I have a cookbook > method of installing these, but I wanted to know if doing this could screw > up the database that apt-get, dpkg, and dselect use. What do I need to > know as a newbie about this, sho

Manual vs Automatic install for software newbie qustion

2004-10-26 Thread Scotty Fitzgerald
I've noticed that a lot of software comes as "tar.gz" and I have a cookbook method of installing these, but I wanted to know if doing this could screw up the database that apt-get, dpkg, and dselect use. What do I need to know as a newbie about this, should I try to restrict myself to *.deb pa