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bgibson·Sep 4, 2015

Fwiw it's worth learning how to use the excellent Debian Alternatives [1] system to install stuff not in the repo's. Download the precompiled binary, or download the source and compile it, put in $HOME, /opt, or wherever you want, then use update-alternatives to soft link it into the standard system directories (/usr, /usr/bin, /usr/local, etc). You can manage and toggle between multiple versions of the same software that way, including the repo version, and lots more benefits, see github readme below. Intro: https://www.debian-administration.org/article/91/Using_the_D... Example setup scripts: https://github.com/byrongibson/scripts/tree/master/install/h... [1]:https://wiki.debian.org/DebianAlternatives

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