Hi, Penguins.

I have some trouble with wxWidgets on Debian etch penguin.

I installed wxWidgets through Debian package. And I think some configuration is missing to build some other package at work (non-debian). To check whether my guess is correct, I have to install some other configs using wxWidgets tarball.

Question is:
Am I screwing up package database? or in the worst case, end up dead penguin?

If my penguin gets handicapped, can aptitude help to recover? (which package to re-install... and many other factors.

Thanks a lot.

Happy Penguins!

If you do not overwrite something critical, you'll not screw your system (worst case is resolution conflict between so's, but with wxWidgets it's unlikely). Surely, you'll have problems with upgrade/remove. And your package database will not reflect fully your filesystem.

OTOH, it's not really a problem to have a few inconsequential packages like that installed outside the purview of your package manager. I would remove the one you installed with the package manager, install the one from the tarball ... If there is not difference, make-uninstall the 2nd one (while you still have the make files there.

If it makes a positive difference, leave the one you built.

You may want to use checkinstall it can build a .deb file that the package system will know about when you install from non-debian source.