Re: Fik question about Debian source packages

2002-11-10 Thread Pigeon
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 10:59:58 +, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Read the FAQ: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html#s-sourcepkgs > http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html#s-sourcebuild > Grabbed. >Yes, you downloaded the right files. > Cool. Thanks! >

Re: Fik question about Debian source packages

2002-11-10 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 03:22:52AM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 02:39:17 +, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:08:49AM +, Pigeon wrote: > >> Compiled v4.2 of X today. > > > >I'm wondering why you don't just use the Debian source package ...

Re: Fik question about Debian source packages

2002-11-09 Thread Bob Proulx
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-11-09 22:29:48 -0600]: > Of course, the easy way is to just do 'apt-get source --build mozilla' and > then 'dpkg -i *.deb' to install the resulting binary package. I think that you will need fakeroot in there. I believe you want this in order to make it all w

Re: Fik question about Debian source packages

2002-11-09 Thread John Hasler
Pigeon writes: > I ended up downloading mozilla_1.0.0.orig.tar.gz plus the diff and the > dsc. Is this really what one does? Yes. That's the Mozilla source package. Of course, the easy way is to just do 'apt-get source --build mozilla' and then 'dpkg -i *.deb' to install the resulting binary pac

Re: Fik question about Debian source packages

2002-11-09 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Pigeon said: > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 02:39:17 +, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:08:49AM +, Pigeon wrote: > >> Compiled v4.2 of X today. > > > >I'm wondering why you don't just use the Debian source package ... What do

Fik question about Debian source packages

2002-11-09 Thread Pigeon
On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 02:39:17 +, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:08:49AM +, Pigeon wrote: >> Compiled v4.2 of X today. > >I'm wondering why you don't just use the Debian source package ... I took your advice; I tried to get the Debian source package for M