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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 20:40:59 +0200 (CEST)
From: Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
To: "Onetmt (onetmt AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: [geda-user] gEDA/gaf and Debian (was: Lepton and local components)
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Hi Onetmt,

On Wed, 14 Apr 2021, Onetmt (onetmt AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] 
wrote:
> I found that Debian no longer maintains gEDA packages.

the Debian gEDA/gaf packages are available here:
https://mentors.debian.net/package/geda-gaf/

> I successfully compiled gEDA from sources, and now I have it running in
> my /opt directory

The usual installation directory for packages compiled from source would 
be /usr/local, the /opt directory is more commonly used for pre-compiled 
packages.  Installing gEDA/gaf to /opt should work fine, though.

> so basically I tainted my Debian box

The concept of "taint" applies to proprietary binary packages, and in 
particular, kernel drivers.[0]  Building and installing a Free Software 
package from source is as opposite a concept as you could imagine.

Roland


[0] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.html