i have installed libpcap-0.9.6 from source-tarball, then how can i
tell APT this information while it keep informing me that i have to
install libpcap-0.8 before "apt-get install tcpdump"?

any ideas?

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* aXqd wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:

> i have installed libpcap-0.9.6 from source-tarball, then how can i
> tell APT this information while it keep informing me that i have to
> install libpcap-0.8 before "apt-get install tcpdump"?
>
> any ideas?
>
>

use checkinstall to install from source.

apt-get install checkinstall

then the build process becomes
./configure
make
checkinstall

It will get added to the apt database.

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David

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After takin' a swig o' grog, SINNER belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> * aXqd wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:
> 
>
> use checkinstall to install from source.
>
> apt-get install checkinstall
>
> then the build process becomes
> ./configure
> make
> checkinstall
>
> It will get added to the apt database.

Thanks for the lead!  Hadn't heard about it.  I'd been marking the
packages as manually installed (in aptitude).

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