On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 13:50 +0530, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote: > On 05/07/08 15:50 +1000, John Skaller said ... > > > > What I am asking for is: > > > > apt-get install fred > > > > and it installs fred. If 'fred' is not available for my architecture, > > it is compiled and installed automatically and transparently. This > > occurs recursively for all dependencies, at least up to some base > > level. > > apt-get --only-source build-dep fred > apt-get --only-source -b source fred > > should do what you want. This is how the pine source packages in are > built. Aha .. thank you! This looks just right. I'll try it! -- John Skaller <skaller at users dot sourceforge dot net> Download Felix: http://felix.sf.net
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