If you wanted to adventure into this, your could simply create your own repository and then have apt manage it for you from your repository.
I'm not sure what this takes, but I think the hardest part is compiling. When I ran Gentoo, I'd simply install all that sort of thing in /opt/. That way if I get a newer version, it's pretty easy to wipe out the old one. I've been really happy with Dapper though. You might just try it instead of worrying about all this. It should be released sometime soon, but is running really well on my machine. JSR/ > -----Original Message----- > From: UM Linux User's Group [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Derek Juba > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [UM-LINUX] Newbie package manager question > > I've been runnning Ubuntu on my home PC for a little while now, but I'm > running into the following problem. If I want to install a program myself > (say compiled from source) that's newer than the version in the Ubuntu > binary repository or that is not (yet) in the repository, I'm afraid to > install it behind the package manager's back in the standard locations > since the package manager would then no longer have an accurate picture of > what versions of things I have. I'm currently just installing this kind > of stuff to a programs directory in my home directory, but it seems kind > of silly to have to avoid putting programs in the standard locations. So, > what I want to know is, is there a better way to do this? Do other > distros (say, Gentoo) have this problem as well? > > Thanks for any advice. > > -Derek
