[Fsf-friends] Free Software CD's (Clean Distributions) and learning to reason

[Mahesh T. Pai]

Ramanraj K said on Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 07:33:17AM +0530,:

 > issue with Knoppix is that it uses *.deb files to install applications, 
 > ie. precompiled software. Ideally, we should compile the other 
 > applications we use regularly, from source.  This way, we can quickly 
 > update with patches, make customizations, make contributions, uninstall 
 > old versions and install new releases with ease.  The clean and easy 
 > installation and distribution method should be preferred.  

Users can get source packages in both RPM and Debian's dpkg system.

In Debian, simply open your /etc/apt/sources.list file, and remove the
# character at beginning of the lines starting with ` #deb-src'.

Uninstallation is  equally easy.  For details do  a `man  apt-get' and
`man dpkg'.

Debian is not a corporation; it is a voluntary community.



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