Having failed to get apt-build to work, I tried this. I can easily compile and install stuff that the kde packages will not due to dependency problems (around qt3 and kde) and I get the Debian version (versions posted on kde-apps, sourceforge had unrelated compilation problems!).
A few kudos here: 1. The sources are expanded into the home/user's directory. /usr/src might be a better choice but this is OK, however 2. The permissions are set to a strange mix of root (apt-get must be run as root) and some default user, in my case "knoppix" (forgive me Debian, I have sinned). So before proceding, a chown -R to me:me :-) 3. If I simply compile and install, the thing goes to /usr/bin. This is very undesirable since this install is not "registered" in apt. The configure prefix must be set to /usr/local or /opt or anything other than /usr. Now, a recent post taked about dpkg-repack'ing such an installation. Would this make a deb out of this installation that would work canonically? (In this case, I would leave the prefix to its /usr default.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
