On Mon, 2002-05-13 at 16:20, Colin Watson wrote: > 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.)
Uh, yeah. That's where I was when I did $ apt-get source mozilla Can I just "rm mozilla*" and mozilla-1+rc1/ from /etc/apt? > 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. So, since I already have apt 0.5.4 & build-essential 6 installed, as root, in ~, I do $ apt-get source mozilla $ cd <the_mozilla_dir> $ dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us OR $ apt-get build-dep mozilla $ apt-get --build source mozilla Or have I still got it wrong? -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "I have created a government of whirled peas..." | | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 12-May-2002, CNN, Larry King Live | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
