Thanks, Kent. It looks like that may be all I need. I've copied on to my box and will start digging into it later.
Maury ktb wrote: > 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 > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
