Re: Equivs - APT - Source - Packages

[Hugo Vanwoerkom]

Ricardo Lima wrote:
Hi,
I have already solved my problem.
I am going to try to explain what I did.
1 - Downloaded, compiled and installed xfree86 4.4.0
2 - Discovered all the packages .deb made from xfree86 sources ->
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xfree86/
3 - With grep and a script, I created automatically one file for each
deb package (equivalent to do lots of times: equivs-control name):
------------------------------
       Section: x11
       Priority: optional
       Standards-Version: 4.4.0
       Package: xlibs
       Version: 4.4.0
       Maintainer: XX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
       Provides: xlibs
------------------------------
to be used with equivs.
4 - I created a script that for all packages made
equivs-build name
and then :
dpkg -i name_4.4.0_all.deb
After this I could install xemacs21 with apt-get install, without having
any problems with dependencies. Note that apt-get did not install the
packages related with xfree86.
Therefore, I installed the sources of the xfree86 4.4.0 and "told" to
apt that all packages related with xfree86 were installed.
--
Ricardo Lima

Great job! So to show the details of what you did for just one set of 
<name> debs, e.g. xlibs:

1. Create file xlibs.ctl that has:
        Section: x11
        Priority: optional
        Standards-Version: 4.4.0
        Package: xlibs
        Version: 4.4.0
        Maintainer: XX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
        Provides: xlibs
2.equivs-build xlibs.ctl

3.dpkg -i xlibs_4.4.0_all.deb

Is that right?

Second question: did you compile the fonts also from source?

Hugo.





















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