----- Original Message ----- From: "Frodo Baggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 2:15 PM Subject: Re: Installing applications manually ?
> Jonathan D. Proulx scripsit: > >Hi, > >you can just install by hand using `make install` or whatever, but > >then things can get confusing in the future. If you take the later > >route, make sure to install under /usr/local (usually the default when > >building from source), that way deb packages won't stomp on your files > >later. > > Better yet, use stow. Then you do something like > > /install --prefix=/usr/local/stow/wathever > make > make install > cd /usr/local/stow > stow -v wathever > > thins makes easier to avoid confusion :)) > Thanks for your answer...... But in case of a php upgrade... how should I handle it ? Being an upgrade, I guess its a bit different ? Thanks, Benj
