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Re: Compiling non-debian source



Jake Bishop wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> Can
> non-deb
> source
> pkgs be
> compiled
> and
> installed
> with
> dpkg (like
> the kernel
> sources)?.
> 
> Thank you


	No, dpkg only knows how to handle Debian packages that end in
'.deb'.  The kernel sources are in '.tar.gz' format which requires
the use of the programs 'tar' and 'gzip'; man tar.  Note however,
that a deb package of the kernel sources exists in slink (maybe
potato?).


-- 
Ed C.


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