Someone will probably answer with more detail but see -- http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/
and look at 'man dpkg.' I have to run. The kernel compiling is listed in the FAQ also. Install the kernel-package and read the docs there. hth, kent "Maury R. Merkin" wrote: > > As I've mentioned here before, I have used Linux since late > 1994, but I'm new to Debian. > > In the past, whenever I've wanted to compile stuff I have > just gone out and d/l'd a tar ball and stuck it in > /usr/local, did my little incantations and probably include > a 'make install' or whatever and that was that. Now I've > grown to see the charms of the *deb packages but I wanna > compile wine myself on my box here. > > So, I have the source package, but what do I do now? (If > this is too stupid a question to answer, just point me to > some doc which will lay it out for me.) > > For that matter, while we're about it, I'd also like > recompile my kernel in the canonical Debian way. Pointers > there would also be appreciated. > > Tia, > > Maury
