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'.
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