Nick Coleman wrote: > Hi All, > > I've just changed from many years of Mandrake to Debian Sarge. One > thing I noticed when researching the move is lots of dire warnings > about not polluting the filetree with non-Deb apps. > > I'm pretty familiar with compiling FG from source and CVS. Are there > any special considerations I need to look out for when compiling FG for > my Debian system? Things like PREFIX flags etc so that the binaries > end up in the 'correct' place? (/usr/local is ok for anything non-Deb, > yes?) > > Also, the current version of FG needs a newer version of plib than Sarge > provides. What are the ramifications of installing both Deb plib and > CVS plib at the same time? > > [just had a thought] Is there a way to build a deb package from a CVS > source and install it using apt? That would get around the plib > problem above. > > Sorry about the number of questions; this is my first install of a major > non-Deb piece of software and I don't want to screw up the packaging > system just yet. ;) > > Thanks for any help, > Nick > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users > 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > >
Why don't you use apt-get install -t unstable fgfs-base ? The current release in unstable is ||/ Name Version Description +++-=============-==========-=========================================== ii fgfs-base 0.9.8-1 Flight Gear Flight Simulator -- base files hope that helps Cheers Jimmy _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
