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

[Andrew Chung <anderoo@ac111.resnet.cornell.edu>]

> 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....
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