Re: Installing software from source...need a .dsc file.

2005-07-16 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 12:27:28PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I've got a couple of programs I'd like to install on my Debian Sarge > system that are only available in source code. There is no .dsc file > for download. I'd like to install the software via APT/Synaptic. Is > there a way I can

Re: Installing software from source...need a .dsc file.

2005-07-13 Thread michael
On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 12:27 -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I've got a couple of programs I'd like to install on my Debian Sarge > system that are only available in source code. There is no .dsc file > for download. I'd like to install the software via APT/Synaptic. Is > there a way I can genera

Installing software from source...need a .dsc file.

2005-07-13 Thread Redefined Horizons
I've got a couple of programs I'd like to install on my Debian Sarge system that are only available in source code. There is no .dsc file for download. I'd like to install the software via APT/Synaptic. Is there a way I can generate a .dsc file for the source code? What exaclty is a .dsc file, and