Re: .deb

[joost@topaz.mdcc.cx (Joost Kooij)]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 04:41:16PM +1000, Peter Donaldson wrote:
> This might sound like a dumb question. But how do i make a .deb file???

Start with "man dpkg", then install dpkg-dev, read a few manpages, then
go to www.debian.org and find the rest of the information scattered over
the "developers corner" page.

Don't forget to download hello.tar.gz, hello.diff.gz and hello.dsc.
Then do "dpkg-source -x hello.dsc" and build a hello.deb by typing
"debian/rules binary" in the unpacked hello source top level directory.

Cheers,


Joost