Re: Replacing svgalib -- how?
On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, Scott Barker wrote:
> I'm trying to replace svgalib-1.2.8 with svgalib-1.2.9
>
> I'm running debian 0.93R6
>
> I grabbed the source for 1.2.9 and applied the same diffs as were applied to
> 1.2.8 to make the debain package. I edited the debian.rules file to change the
> version to 1.29-0, and then created the .deb package. So far so good.
>
> So, what's the command to actually install the thing? I tried
>
> dpkg -i svgalib-1.29-0.deb /
>
> which (I think) has worked for me before. However, it fails with an error from
> dpkg-split about / being a directory and not a file.
1. I don't think you need the "/". But then I've never used 0.93. (My
experience with Debian started with the InfoMagic Debian "1.0".)
2. Once you've done the debian.rules binary, check the package version
number with "dpkg-deb --info svgalib-1.29.0.deb". If it says 1.29-0, then
doing "dpkg -i svgalib-1.29.0.deb" should work fine and replace your 1.28
debian package with the 1.29 one you made.
Christian
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