On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 06:54:30PM -0500, Benjamin Racher wrote: > binaries... but because apt-get lets one compile from source pretty > easily... and if you get good at creating packages (something i'm > learning at the moment), its easy to distribute them to the debian For software that installs with the standard "make install," I always use "checkinstall" instead, which tracks what make is doing, and automagically creates a nice debian package(although with no dependancy info) that can be easily uninstalled or upgraded with standard apt commands. pretty slick. -spencer
