Mixing Debian package and tarball ?problem or not?
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Mixing Debian package and tarball ?problem or not?
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.
Distribution: approximately NixOS (http://nixos.org)
Posts: 1,900
Rep:
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.
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