Re: Using sources to update packages...

2007-07-25 Thread Bob Proulx
ZephyrQ wrote: > ...Will I mess up the system if I choose to 'upgrade' a package by > compiling from sources (in this case just a game)? If you are talking about this sequence: tar xzvf program-X-Y.tar.gz cd program-X.Y ./configure make make check make install Then you should be oka

Re: Using sources to update packages...

2007-07-25 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. ZephyrQ, 26.07.2007 00:07: > ...Will I mess up the system if I choose to 'upgrade' a package by > compiling from sources (in this case just a game)? Not if you install into a custom directory, like $HOME/Games for example. Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: Ope

Using sources to update packages...

2007-07-25 Thread ZephyrQ
It has been a **long** while since I ran pure Debian (2+ years) and I seem to have forgotten... ...Will I mess up the system if I choose to 'upgrade' a package by compiling from sources (in this case just a game)? I'm on Etch, but thinking of going up to Lenny...has it stabilized a bit? (Rea