Re: question about .deb packages

2001-04-18 Thread Bob Nielsen
If the source is compatible with older libraries, you should be able to build a deb with minimal effort. I have done this for several programs, but it won't work where the source code is only compatible with the new libraries. You will have to have the appropriate -dev versions of any needed libr

Re: question about .deb packages

2001-04-18 Thread Colin Watson
"D. Hoyem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I would like to install a later version of Xchat than what comes with >Potato 2.2r.2. When I try to install the xchat-gnome_1.6.4 the >maintainer has it depending on newer libs that what is in Potato. > Is there a way to open a .deb and modify the dependen