Package problem

[A. Cavallo]

On Monday 18 May 2009 20:52:52 Sverre wrote:
> I'm using Ubuntu and some of the packages in the repository are too
> old. So I got the thought to remove nearly  all packages downloaded
> from the repository and install them with easy_install. Is this a way
> to go without greater problems?

If you're installing as root probably this will cause a dependency nightmare.

Installing any file in the filesystem without using a package manager 
(deb/rpm) will garantee these files will be overwritten on the next 
update/upgrade (it can be triggered also by another package).

Regards,
Antonio