Upgrading OS Components: Building from Sources & Keeping Plesk in the Loop

[fatbear]

I'm just getting started with Plesk and would like to be able to upgrade my system components (Apache, MySQL, PHP, named, mcrypt, gd, and other libraries). However, I do not wish to use rpms to do so. I compile from sources (sometimes with custom modifications) and then install. I am not interested in using the yum tool that I've seen posts about.

I don't know how Plesk knows where to look for installed components and don't want to break it. The documentation for Plesk (that I've found) doesn't address what I would consider to be basic stuff: how does Plesk know about and manage OS components?

Thanks for any assistance!

Enjoy,
Steve Amerige
Fat Bear