On Mar 7, 2013 7:00 PM, "Volker Kuhlmann" <list0...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > > It occurred to me a while ago that I want a package manager that will allow me > > to install software and data packages to my home directory as well as the > > system at large. > > Good reasons, but not possible. Packages are compiled for a certain > location, and few applications support a runtime change of their > location. Linux packages are by and large not built to relocate; one of > the reasons is that it doesn't work. > > I see two options for you:
Very valid point about the pre-compiled location expectations. chroot is a good option for this; if you have a Debian-based system look at debootstrap (which might look like overkill, but successful chroot is very difficult to generalise) -jim
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