Re: [dpkg] Installing software as a non privileged user - A suggestion

1998-05-06 Thread G John Lapeyre
This is a great idea.Sysadmins can't keep up with the needs of an experienced user. I am almost sure dpkg won't do this now. There will be all sorts of problems with locations of files. To make sure every package supports this would add complexity and burden. We

Re: [dpkg] Installing software as a non privileged user - A suggestion

1998-05-06 Thread Jules Bean
--On Tue, May 5, 1998 5:52 pm -0700 G John Lapeyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a great idea.Sysadmins can't keep up with the needs of an experienced user. I am almost sure dpkg won't do this now. There will be all sorts of problems with locations of files. To make

[dpkg] Installing software as a non privileged user - A suggestion

1998-05-05 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
I don't know if this has been discussed here before. Is it possible for a non privileged user to use dpkg to install a package under the user's home directory? I know this kind of installation is not perfect. But sometimes it is helpful. What are the pros and cons of this kind of an approach?