Re: What is the best way to install packages from their source?

[joey@finlandia.infodrom.north.de (Martin Schulze)]

Mark Boyns writes:
> I'm happy using binary packages most of the time, but certain packages
> like ssh and pgp I feel more comfortable compiling myself.
> 
> So far I see that dpkg-source is used to create the patched source
> tree, but after that it only seems possible build a .deb file and
> install from that.  Is this the "best" way?

Sure. This is *the* binary package for Debian GNU/Linux which can
be installed using dpkg -i

> Also, should I be running `debian/rules binary' directly or is there a
> package tool I should be using?

There might be some buildpackage packages, but I believe the above
is quite fine.

Regards

	Joey

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