Re: Compiling openssh from source
On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 07:39:00PM -0500, Matt Wehland wrote:
> At 11:42 AM 10/14/01 -0500, Colin Watson replied:
>
> >You need to look in the pool, not dists/unstable.
>
> Thanks I see it now, I was trying to use the package_name+version, looking
> at the sources.gz file, I noticed that its just the package name, openssh.
> When I now try
> apt-get -b source openssh
> I now seems to download ok, and then throws an error while running
> dpkg-buildpackage-
> dh_testdir: Command not found.
>
> What is this error and what do I need to do fix it?
It looks like you need to install debhelper.
> Also do I need to get the latest libraries needed, or is this process smart
> enough to do that?
No, it's not smart enough, to do that you'd need to run
apt-get build-dep openssh
> If so do I need to add an apt-get source line for testing-us, to include
> the latest libraries that are not in non-us?
I don't know, maybe.
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David Roundy
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