But when I do an aptitude update then aptitude full-upgrade, won't it overwrite my custom installed packages? Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 12:49:47AM -0400, Robert Spangler wrote: >> Now, I want to use the SVN versions of Firefox and Orca. Since they are >> instlaled through Debian, should I aptitude remove them first? > > I'd say yes, to save disk space, if for no other reason. It's a good > idea to remove them besides that, so you don't end up running binaries you > don't mean to run because of how your path is setup. > >> When I >> install the SVN source versions, how will the APT system know not to >> give me its versions? > > It won't. The apt system installs binary packages. If you're > installing from svn, you're most likely installing source that you'll > be compiling into binaries. So, the apt system will have no idea > that your own versions of the software are on your system, and it will > just leave them alone. > > Greg > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkiWl6IACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyC9oQCcCIocK8fs3814ZGlcwElvCj+v > Sa4AnjxPzxfNKONwvgNQObvigsS1ShLz > =g4U5 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
