02-06-2014
You cannot "update" when compiling by hand... You are ripping the floor out from underneath your package manager and trashing your existing applications. You want to install a separate version somewhere else instead.
That's why /usr/local exists, why it's the default for hand compilation.
So, you need to:
1) Uninstall all the packages you hand-installed into /usr/.
2) Reinstall the "old" versions to repair any files overwritten or deleted by your hand-installations.
3) Compile and install your packages into /usr/local/, i.e. leaving PREFIX at default.
Whenever a package complains about the version of something being too old, look carefully at its ./configure --help options and direct it to /usr/local/include or /usr/local/lib to use your custom-compiled versions.
This way, the new and old versions can co-exist.
Last edited by Corona688; 02-06-2014 at 04:11 PM..
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dh_usrlocal
DH_USRLOCAL(1) Debhelper DH_USRLOCAL(1)
NAME
dh_usrlocal - migrate usr/local directories to maintainer scripts
SYNOPSIS
dh_usrlocal [debhelperoptions] [-n]
DESCRIPTION
dh_usrlocal is a debhelper program that can be used for building packages that will provide a subdirectory in /usr/local when installed.
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debhelper maintainer script snippets.
When the Rules-Requires-Root field is not (effectively) binary-targets, the directories in /usr/local will have ownership root:staff and
the mode will be 02775. These values have been chosen to comply with the recommendations of the Debian policy for directories in
/usr/local.
When Rules-Requires-Root has an effective value of binary-targets, the owners, groups and permissions will be preserved with one exception.
If the directory is owned by root:root, then ownership will be reset to root:staff and mode will be reset to 02775. This is useful, since
that is the group and mode policy recommends for directories in /usr/local.
OPTIONS
-n, --no-scripts
Do not modify postinst/prerm scripts.
NOTES
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instances of the same text to be added to maintainer scripts.
CONFORMS TO
Debian policy, version 2.2
SEE ALSO
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR
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