Package/Build-From-Source Management

[David Abrahams]

Florian Diesch <diesch at spamfence.net> writes:

>>>> Another thing that worries me is that in practice several package
>>>> management systems might be in use at any time.  For example, Intel's
>>>> C++ compiler is only distributed as an RPM.  How should I manage the
>>>> interaction among these different systems?
>>>
>>> Install the alien package.  It can be used to convert from rpm to deb
>>> (and vice-versa).
>>
>> Superb.
>
> Be careful with alien, it just converts the package format but knows
> nothing about where the files belong to in Ubuntu or what special
> actions are required to integrate the software into the system.

Oh, back to square zero on that one.  Any other ideas?

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Dave Abrahams
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