Wouldn't it be neat if users without root privileges could just install packages anyway on their account.
Maybe they could make an entire file tree, (including /home/nurdsome/home/nurdsome/ ?). The problem I'm trying to solve is e.g., Dreamhost, where there are 1000 debs installed, but root is not willing to install packages just for one user's request. So perhaps there could be a way for the user to "install the debs himself, on his own account", just like he can already "compile the software himself and install it in $HOME/bin" -- but instead use the same .deb that root would. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org