Re: Compiling non-debian source

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com>]

On Sun, May 09, 1999 at 03:59:01PM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> 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?).

If you use make-kpkg (in kernel-package) to compile the kernel, it will
create a .deb file which can then be installed with dpkg.  Other source
packages can be debianized of course, but it usually easier to just
install them in /usr/local. 

Bob

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