Re: Spoofing package status.
Another way to do this, which doesn't require apt-get build-dep, is to grab the source tarball, run deb-make, then dpkg-buildpackage. Then, use dpkg to install your newly built package. I've used this in innumerable cases where the available deb wasn't current enough, or there was as yet no deb for a certain application in my apt sources.
Levi
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:41:15 +0200
Hugo van der Merwe <hugovdm@mail.com> wrote:
> > If I want to just install Exim, it is relatively easy to go to exim.org,
> > get the latest stable tarball, do a configure and make and install the
> > system. (This doesn't just apply to Exim, it also applies to Apache,
> > PHP, bind etc.)
>
> Another option that may work is to grab the testing or unstable
> package's source, and compile that on your stable system, to get a
> package that depends on your stable system's libraries.
>
> Maybe try:
> # nano /etc/apt/sources.list
> (put a deb-src line for unstable in your sources.list)
> # apt-get update
> # apt-get install build-essential
> # apt-get build-dep exim
> # apt-get --compile source exim
> # ls exim*deb
> # dpkg -i <your-newly_compiled-package.deb>
>
> I haven't tested these instructions.
>
> Hugo van der Merwe
>
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