Re: [Q] How to compile a deb source pacjage

1999-05-09 Thread Vincent Murphy
On Sun, May 09, 1999 at 02:56:35PM -0500, Matt Garman wrote: > should be sufficient in most cases (except for XFree86 :) so what do you do with xfree86? i was trying to build my own .debs for slink using to source packages from potato, something i did frequently before just upgrading to potato,

Re: [Q] How to compile a deb source pacjage

1999-05-09 Thread Andrew Chung
> A short question: > > Does anyone know how to compile a debian source package into a binary? 1) Download the .orig.tar.gz and .diff.gz files 2) Unpack the .orig, and apply the patch (patch -p1 < somefile.diff) 3) chmod u+x debian/rules 4) dpkg-buildpackage Check the man pages for more info...

Re: [Q] How to compile a deb source pacjage

1999-05-09 Thread Matt Garman
On Sun, May 09, 1999 at 03:15:20PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > A short question: > > Does anyone know how to compile a debian source package into a binary? If you have the source package, which usually consists of three files, the *.dsc, the *.orig.tar.gz, and the *.diff.gz, you

Re: [Q] How to compile a deb source pacjage

1999-05-09 Thread Gregory T. Norris
It's pretty easy, usually. 1) Download the source components into the directory of your choice. There should be either two or three files: *.orig.tar.gz, *.dsc, and *.diff.gz (not present if it's a "native" Debian package). 2) Enter the command "dpkg-source -x .dsc". This will unpack th

[Q] How to compile a deb source pacjage

1999-05-09 Thread mxu1
Hi, A short question: Does anyone know how to compile a debian source package into a binary? -- Min Xu City College of NY, CUNY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(O) (212) 650-6865 (O) (212) 650-5046 (