apt install -- changing root directory

Question

I have a package that I need to install in /usr/local rather than /usr. Is there an equivalent of dpkg -root /usr/local for apt install.

I am attempting to get rsyslog and syslog-ng to coexist...

Answer 1

More research on this one implies it is not possible and in fact the --root flag on dpkg is also problematic as most standard .debs are build with a root of \ and within that dpkglooks for var/lib/dpkg which isn't there.