On 20-May-02, 14:18 (CDT), Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 11:27:22AM -0700, John Richardson wrote: > > Can a Package be installed that only effects 1 user account? > > Just unpack it (using 'dpkg -x' if you like) in that user's home > directory, and adjust that user's $PATH to use it.
While that may work for packages with isolated executables, I doubt that egcs will; doesn't gcc et. al. build in paths to various internal executables and libraries? OTOH, you should be able to install egcs w/o affecting other gcc installs, and it shouldn't affect any other users unless they explicitely call it. One thing to check is that the /usr/bin/cc link doesn't get changed to egcs; if it does, you'll have to reset it using update-alternatives. Note the liberal use of weasel terms like "doubt" and "should"... Steve -- Steve Greenland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]