Re: apt-get source questions

2006-04-17 Thread Magnus Therning
On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 09:24:43PM -0400, Chris Jones wrote: [..] >>>2. Can I just remove the source tree after having installed the >>>binary .deb without breaking anything? Or is there a recommended >>>'debian way' to clean up? >>If you build the source packages at the same time as you build the

Re: apt-get source questions

2006-04-16 Thread Chris Jones
Magnus Therning wrote: On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 09:13:48AM -0400, Chris Jones wrote: 1. How do I do the equivalent of the usual gnu ./configure when I install from source..? This is all done from inside the debian/rules file. I'd suggest reading the New Maintainer's Guide for a gentle introdu

Re: apt-get source questions

2006-04-16 Thread Magnus Therning
On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 09:13:48AM -0400, Chris Jones wrote: >1. How do I do the equivalent of the usual gnu ./configure when I >install from source..? This is all done from inside the debian/rules file. I'd suggest reading the New Maintainer's Guide for a gentle introduction to Debian packaging.

apt-get source questions

2006-04-15 Thread Chris Jones
1. How do I do the equivalent of the usual gnu ./configure when I install from source..? 2. Can I just remove the source tree after having installed the binary .deb without breaking anything? Or is there a recommended 'debian way' to clean up? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Source questions

2002-10-31 Thread nate
C. Brewer said: > 1)Is it required to make .debs out of these for total integration with > apt/dpkg? And if so, having never done any package building whatsoever, > is this something that any user can easily learn? if you want apt/dpkg to recognize this software you will need it in packaged form

Source questions

2002-10-31 Thread C. Brewer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I just noticed when cleaning out my home directory that I still have builds of qt-3.0.5 and kde 3.03 which I built using another distro, optimized for my particular machine. My question is this: 1)Is it required to make .debs out of these for total