On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:25 AM, W. Martin Borgert <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting brice <[email protected]>: >> Firstly Trac has been installed through apt-get, then, due to an >> optimistic behavior, I might have launched the python 'easy_install >> install Trac' to update it, > ... >> what's your opinion, Doc ? > > Please, never ever overwrite dpkg-installed packages (be it via apt-get > or dpkg or aptitude) with manually installed software. If you really > want to have Trac (or any other software on a Debian or Ubuntu system) > manually installed, make sure that you install it in another path (e.g. > /usr/local) than the packaged software (which does never install in > /usr/local). Or, even safer, remove the package first ("dpkg -r trac"). > Otherwise, the package manager and the actually installed software do > conflict badly. >
+1 ... Most of the time I try to avoid Python pkg management (mainly because it has many problems and also 'cause apt is awesome :o). These days I use to build deb source pkgs using `stdeb` (not perfect but apt gets involved ;o) -- Regards, Olemis. Blog ES: http://simelo-es.blogspot.com/ Blog EN: http://simelo-en.blogspot.com/ Featured article: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users?hl=.
