Re: Article about apt-build
> Well, not to follow up to my own post but ... something as simple as
> apt-build install top doesnt work.
Well you'll also find that "apt-get install top" and "dpkg -l top" don't
work either, for the reason that "top" is not a Debian package!
Try "dpkg -S `which top`", which will tell you that "top" is in the
package "procps", then "apt-build source procps", etc.
> I have played with it a bit and find it will not download things like
> openoffice.org or gnome-core
It works for me (at least it starts downloading stuff):
apt-build install openoffice.org
I think if you already have openoffice.org installed, it won't download
it for some reason, I had that trouble when running "apt-build install
procps", but "apt-build source procps" still works to download it. This
is a bit weird, I agree. "apt-build build-source procps" works, then
you can install it with dpkg, but for some reason the "install" command
doesn't do this automatically if a version of the package is already
installed.
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