[plug] Easy Installation: Linux Desktop Market

Leon Brooks leon at cyberknights.com.au
Thu Oct 27 20:52:35 WST 2005


On Thursday 27 October 2005 08:41, Timothy White wrote:
> I install a number of things from src, purely because I
> can't get the latest version in a deb, or it depends on library's
> from unstable and I don't want to get them, or I want the package
> optimised for my architecture (amd64).

In that case I (hello from MandrivaLand) wrap it in an RPM and install 
that. Then the packaging system knows it's installed and where it put 
stuff.

Cheers; Leon

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