Re: Compiling openssh from source

[Matt Wehland <mattw@webtripper.com>]

At 11:42 AM 10/14/01 -0500, Colin Watson   replied:

> You need to look in the pool, not dists/unstable.

Thanks I see it now, I was trying to use the package_name+version, looking 
at the sources.gz file, I noticed that its just the package name, openssh.
When I now try
    apt-get -b source openssh
I now seems to download ok, and then throws an error while running 
dpkg-buildpackage-
   dh_testdir: Command not found.

What is this error and what do I need to do fix it?

Also do I need to get the latest libraries needed, or is this process smart 
enough to do that?

If so do I need to add an apt-get source line for testing-us, to include 
the latest libraries that are not in non-us?


Also what should my sources line look like, right now I have
   deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing non-US/main
and that seems to work.

Is there a good reference for compiling from source, I have been through 
the apt-how-to, but seem to need more.

Thanks,


   Matt Wehland     mwehland@webtripper.com
          Computer Network Specialist
                       MCSE CCNA