On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 03:19:34PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > I've downloaded the mozilla source package, but am unsure > of what to do next. > Do I do this: > dpkg-deb --build /etc/apt/mozilla-1+rc1 > or > cd /etc/apt/mozilla-1+rc1 && dpkg-buildpackage -ai686
(I hope you didn't unpack it in /etc/apt! Use 'apt-get source' as an ordinary user, not as root, and usually somewhere in your home directory.) Change into the unpacked source directory and run 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -us'. The -uc and -us prevent the tools from trying to sign the generated .changes and .dsc files, which you probably don't want to bother with. -rfakeroot, if you have the fakeroot package installed, means you don't need root privileges for the build. You'll want to install the build-essential package and its dependencies, plus anything listed in the Build-Depends:/Build-Depends-Indep: fields of debian/control in the source package. 'apt-get build-dep mozilla' will do this for you if you have apt >= 0.5. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
