Hi, Well I just got checkinstall ; the latest version support debian package, it is great. So I compiled gimp-1.2.2; and using checkinstall create a debian package gimp-1.2.2-1.deb then install it, no problem.
But the thing is, I need to tell the packaging system that gimp-1.2.2 newly created contains (provides libgimp1.2 and libgimpprint, so it is not needed for these packages. like if I choose xsane; it wont ask me to install libgimp1.2 (>=1.2.0) any more. So, I extract the deb fine onto a directory like gimp, make subdirectory DEBIAN and create a control file inside, here is the control file Package: gimp-1.2.2 Priority: optional Section: Applications/System Installed-Size: 24124 Maintainer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Architecture: i386 Version: 1.2.2-1 Depends: libc6, libgtk-perl, libtiff3g, libpng2 Provides: gimp1.2, libgimp1.2 (>=1.2.0), libgimp1.2-dev (>=1.2.0), libgimpprint Description: Package created with checkinstall beta2. then of course dpkg -b gimp gimp_1.2.2-1.deb to create the package. By adding Provides field I hope the package system will understand, but when I select xsane in dselect, it still asks me to install libgimp1.2 (>=1.2.0) What did I do wrong, or miss something.. Thanks, and sorry if it is too long to read :-) ===== S.KIEU http://briefcase.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Briefcase - Manage your files online.
