Re: How to install app from source code?
>I can start gnome-session, then mount CDROM #4 from 6 disk set, and then find
>the .gz and .dsc files. But that's as far as I can get. Which debian
>install untility will work with these packages? I could try to do it from
>command line if that would help. If I click on a .tar.gz file the Olde M$h*t
>way in the Gnome File Manager, the source code will display as text, but no
>install program gets initiated.
You are trying to use debianized source files from a debian cd right?
You need dpkg-dev installed ("apt-get install dpkg-dev" should do
it)
Then point dpkg at the source files like this
dpkg-source -x mypackage.dsc (the .dsc file is the key
here)
then within the resulting directory do
dpkg-buildpackage
and you will end up with a nice .deb which you can install with
dpkg -i myprogram.deb
It's a doddle really.
Good luck!
Glyn M
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