Re: dpkg-source -x
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Daniel Elenius wrote:
> Is it possible when installing a debian package with:
>
> dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc
> , followed by ./configure, make, make install,
The correct method is:
dpkg-source -x packagename.dsc
cd packagename.dsc
debian/rules build
debian/rules binary
cd ..
dpkg -i packagename.deb
> to get dpkg/dselect to understand that the package has been installed,
> so that I can later uninstall it with dpkg/dselect?
If you do this, then yes.
HTH,
Matthew
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