I imagine it is a common problem. The developers must use newer code at some point, so they probably have more than one set installed at any one time.
You would think that a source install would just work if installed the .deb package and put you put the compiled source into /usr/local or some other place like that. I compiled Geant4 recently and made it work. It was able to see most of what I have on my system when I do a make config. I apt-got or pointed to what it complained about until it worked. I also had lots of help from someone who had set the thing up under Red Hat many times. What have you actually tried so far? On Friday 02 December 2005 05:22 am, John Hebert wrote: > Howdy, > > I am setting up a Icecast2 server using Debian. I'd like to compile the > latest version of the Icecast2 source code and use that, but it has > dependencies that aren't met by available .deb packages. In other words, > the .deb packages use older versions and I need to use the newer versions. > > This seems like it would be a common problem: Is there a method for making > compiled source code and .deb packages recognize each other? Is it that I > need to update the .deb package database with dummy entries for the new > versions of the compiled software? Or, should I just build and install .deb > packages with the newer versions of the source code? > > Thanks, > John
