2.7.12. equivs 软件包

如果你从源代码编译了一个程序来代替 Debian 软件包，最好将它做成一个真正的本地 Debian 软件包（*.deb）并使用私人档案库。

如果你选择从源代码编译一个程序并将它安装到 “/usr/local”，你可能需要使用 equivs 作为最后步骤来满足缺失的软件包依赖。

Package: equivs
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Description: Circumventing Debian package dependencies
 This package provides a tool to create trivial Debian packages.
 Typically these packages contain only dependency information, but they
 can also include normal installed files like other packages do.
 .
 One use for this is to create a metapackage: a package whose sole
 purpose is to declare dependencies and conflicts on other packages so
 that these will be automatically installed, upgraded, or removed.
 .
 Another use is to circumvent dependency checking: by letting dpkg
 think a particular package name and version is installed when it
 isn't, you can work around bugs in other packages' dependencies.
 (Please do still file such bugs, though.)