Re: SRC-install

[Jeronimo Pellegrini <pellegrini@mpcnet.com.br>]

On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 01:23:37AM +0100, Matthias Wieser wrote:
> Is it possible to force APT to install from source?

Yes.

> I want to edit my sources.list that way, that apt just get's the sources
> and then compiles everything himself. is that possible or is that utopy
> getting into my mind?

Example:

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main 
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main 

Then,

apt-get -b install package

will download, build and install.

apt-get source package

Will bring the sources for you and unpack under the current directory. :-)

J.


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