Re: few debian questions!!

2004-03-30 Thread Benedict Verheyen
Alexis Huxley wrote: >> 3- Is there any information on how I can package binary on debian? I >> used to build depot for HPUX. > > Yes, check out the "new maintainer's guide". Google for it. > > Also I believe these is actually a debian package that will look > at the files you have installed and

Re: few debian questions!!

2004-03-30 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Monday 29 March 2004 21.53, mehdi wrote: > Hi > > I am new to debian but not to UNIX. I `ve been using HPUX unix (only > as a user) for few years. There are some question for me and I be > glade If anyone can help me on that. > > 1- Where does the third party software (such as GNU softwares) are

Re: few debian questions!!

2004-03-29 Thread Alexis Huxley
> 1- Where does the third party software (such as GNU softwares) are > installed in debian systems ? Is it /usr/local or /usr/? You mean stuff that you download and compile yourself? /usr/local. Alternatively just install the Debian packages for these third party products. Certainly almost everyt

Re: few debian questions!!

2004-03-29 Thread John Hasler
mehdi wrote: > 1- Where does the third party software (such as GNU softwares) are > installed in debian systems ? Is it /usr/local or /usr/? William Ballard writes: > /usr/local However, most GNU software is already packaged for Debian. Debian packages are installed under /usr. > install dh-mak

Re: few debian questions!!

2004-03-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello mehdi (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am new to debian but not to UNIX. I `ve been using HPUX unix (only > as a user) for few years. There are some question for me and I be > glade If anyone can help me on that. > > 1- Where does the third party software (such as GNU softwares) are > inst

Re: few debian questions!!

2004-03-29 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 08:53:21PM +0100, mehdi wrote: > 1- Where does the third party software (such as GNU softwares) are > installed in debian systems ? Is it /usr/local or /usr/? /usr/local > > 2- Where can I found pre-compiled software for debian it seems all the > software comes with the d