Am 21.07.2011 12:12, schrieb Rebecca: > I don't believe you can use the Debian .deb to install 4.2. If you want > both, running from the folder as previously detailed would be better, though > obviously as said, that option crashes when using the titler.
Hi all, regarding installing from .dep packages, let me point out two things... First off, a Debian package has two parts, the source package and the binary package. The latter is the .deb file. Such a binary package is always build for *one* specific distribution. That is, the contained binaries are prepared to link against the specific library-Versions found on that *specific* distribution. If you install that binary .deb to another distribution or on a system which has been largely altered and upgraded, than it /may or may not/ work. This is rather random (and involves lots of technical details if you want to track it down in particular). But, there is a second consideration. There is the source package. For each binary Debian (or Ubuntu) package, there is a source package, which can always be used to re-create the binary package. And, the interesting thing is: this (intentionally) also does work on a system *different* to the original system. This way, its possible to "port" or "backport" packages. Building from a Debian source package is not so trivial as installing a binary package, but it is *way* more simple/easygoing than compiling from bare sources the hard way from the original Tarball: You still use the package manager to resolve and manage all your dependencies, plus the build process and packaging can be kicked off by one or two commands. Some time ago, I've written some instructions for people wanting to try out Lumiera by building from debian source package. Beyond the specific commandlines and package names mentioned there, the content and informations on that page are generic and valid for all Debian/Ubuntu packages. http://lumiera.org/documentation/user/tutorials/DebianBuilding.html hope that helps, Cheers, Hermann Vosseler Disclaimer: Lumiera is not usable yet (we need more developer help, what a surprise). I am one of the Lumiera core devs and are using Cinelerra for my everyday editing needs; the Lumiera project started as an effort to improve and partially rework Cinelerra, but in the end turned into a separate project being written from scratch. _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
