<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/05/2012 07:37 PM, Ihar `Philips` Filipau wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:CAD08gx+2tqk2uR3f4yC-D7-h49FTFu-XdYBtS4Z4qrOz-eZ-wA@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I haven't done it for a long time, but it should be possible to actually install poppler from Git in a such fashion that Debian would recognize it as a poppler package and consequently resolve all dependencies properly. IIRC it revolves around the dh_make (or dpkg-buildpackage (for which dsc/diff you can get from the official Debian package)). Ask around on Debian forums/google/etc, lots of people do it all the time. </pre> </blockquote> <big><big>Thanks a lot, surely this is also a way that will streamline the packages management with both the shipped and self-made ones ;-) </big></big> <blockquote cite="mid:CAD08gx+2tqk2uR3f4yC-D7-h49FTFu-XdYBtS4Z4qrOz-eZ-wA@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <blockquote type="cite" style="color: #000000;"> <pre wrap="">> So > I install all of the packages/programs/tools compiled from source by me > in the following locations currently: > > 1- /usr/local for small packages/programs/tools > > 2- /opt for large/complex packages/programs/tools > > I think I use the above method is also consistent with the /Filesystem > Hierarchy Standard/ <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/"><http://www.pathname.com/fhs/></a>. > </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">For my personal stuff - which shouldn't get into the way of the system - I actually prefer $HOME/usr. Pro: I do not need root to install. Contra: some software still insists on headers under /usr/include; LD_LIBRARY_PATH/etc must include the $HOME/usr/lib. </pre> </blockquote> I don't want to use $HOME for this purpose, is based on that other considerations: such as as a user, I'll perform most operations within my home. So, it's has more dangerous to do imappropriate operations on these stuff to put them in $HOME than in other places. Regars <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :.</pre> </body> </html>