On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 06:37:56PM +0200, Albert Dengg wrote: > On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 21:32:57 +0530 > Sukrit <holysmoke@skycable.net> wrote: > > > Hi listers, > > > > Suppose i wanted to compile and install postgresql from source, could > > it be done? > > > > i understand that i need to do --> > > #apt-get source packagename > > > > After which i want to configure it with > > --with-perl > > --enable-syslog > > --with-pgport=5439 > > options and then install in a manner such that my system knows that > > postgresql is installed. > well... i don't know if apt-get source something does is it, i did it > with apt-src install, but afterwards cd in the directory > packagname/debian and edit rules... > there should be a line with ./configure --something... > add everything you want > cd .. > dpkg-buildpackage [-B] > cd .. > dpkg -i something This should work with apt-get source, too. -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> http://www.ertius.org/ GPG keys: 1024D/1E73B7CD, 4096R/3ABDE5EC | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: Mafia underground mania AMW
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