"Suresh Kumar. R" wrote: > > Hi, > > When we install some package using .tgz files, the debian package > mechanism is not aware that the particular package is installed. > For ex. I installed postfix*.tgz but apt is unaware of it. > Therefore, when I use apt-get for installilng something else, > it would say, MTA not installed and it would try to install one. > > Is there any way to fix it so that I can still enjoy apt-get install?
I believe that you can use alien to install RPM, packages from .tgz, and (?) Slackware packages also, so that they show up, for instance, in dselect, or dpkg -l. What I don't know, and rather doubt, is that this method will Provide: dependencies, but there may be some switch that will force in a Provide:, or some other method. It's been a year since I've used it, so I'm not perfectly expert on it anymore (was I ever?), and I'll leave reading the man page, and the info page, as an exercise to the reader. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 972-729-5387 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home phone on request) http://www.koyote.com/users/bolan RE: xmailtool http://www.koyote.com/users/bolan/xmailtool/index.html I am the "ILOVEGNU" signature virus. Just copy me to your signature. This email was infected under the terms of the GNU General Public License.