On 03.06.09 19:16, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> In my Debian system I have Mplayer that came with Debian and want to >> replace with its svn version, recommended by Mplayer developers. >> >> What shall I do in order to remove the old one? Will an `apt-get purge' >> be enough? Or just remove the binary file?
Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uh...@fantomas.sk> writes: > don't remove it. unpack the svn version, cd to the mplayer directory, do an > % dch -v 1.0svn<date>-your.version.number > edit debian/rules and run > > fakeroot debian/rules binary > > > Yes, the MPlayer contains control files for debian... Thanks, but unfortunately I already removed the old Mplayer and freshly installed the new one on my laptop. But I have to replace Mplayer also on my sister's desktop machine. So, can you please be more clear? What precisely shall the `dch -v 1.0svn<date>-your.version.number' command be? And how should debian/rules be edited? Thanks Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
