| sean finney on 28 Mar 2007 17:26:52 -0000 |
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On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 08:40 -0400, Art Alexion wrote: > > > > i guess it's out of vogue these days, but you could also just install > > from source... :) > > Wouldn't be a problem except it seems to mangle apt. As I write this apt is > installing security updates to firefox 1.5 and ooo 2.0, except I use ff 2 & > ooo 2.1, installed in /opt. I expect I wlll have to readjust symlinks, etc. symlinks? you shouldn't be placing any symlinks anywhere under /usr (except /usr/local). that's dpkg's domain[1]. > Not that big a deal there, but what happens when I upgrade a package apt > thinks it controls at a lower version? if you install software from source, install it in a different location and use your $PATH (+compile time options if appropriate) to specify a different location. for utilities like k3b, last time i checked you could even specify the path to cdrecord etc in the program settings. sean [1] insert FHS reference here. there is an exception for symlinking directories, but even this can be problematic. Attachment:
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