Re: using the source packages
Someone will probably answer with more detail but see --
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/
and look at 'man dpkg.' I have to run.
The kernel compiling is listed in the FAQ also. Install the
kernel-package and read the docs there.
hth,
kent
"Maury R. Merkin" wrote:
>
> As I've mentioned here before, I have used Linux since late
> 1994, but I'm new to Debian.
>
> In the past, whenever I've wanted to compile stuff I have
> just gone out and d/l'd a tar ball and stuck it in
> /usr/local, did my little incantations and probably include
> a 'make install' or whatever and that was that. Now I've
> grown to see the charms of the *deb packages but I wanna
> compile wine myself on my box here.
>
> So, I have the source package, but what do I do now? (If
> this is too stupid a question to answer, just point me to
> some doc which will lay it out for me.)
>
> For that matter, while we're about it, I'd also like
> recompile my kernel in the canonical Debian way. Pointers
> there would also be appreciated.
>
> Tia,
>
> Maury
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