Re: debian

Moe Trin wrote:
On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.linux, in article
<4atr48Fub9ioU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, J.O. Aho wrote:

Moe Trin wrote:

Extremely simple. Binary packages should be compiled for the specific
distribution/release that the user has. A package built for one distribution
often will not work in others. Given that distrowatch has hundreds of
different and not always compatible distributions, do you expect the author
of software on freshmeat.net to provide versions for all distributions?
In way they do, they provide the source code, just use the gcc and you get a
binary compiled for your distro.

Which works fine - but leaves the distribution's package manager non the wiser.

Make your own package will solve the problem, for most package managers there are howtos how to make your own package. If you know how to compile it won't be difficult to make your own package with help of a template.

For RPM there is a nice little installer provided my Mandrivia that updates the RPM database and install the files, not sure if there are such for deb.


//Aho
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