Re: "apt-get -b source packagename" by normal users?
On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 15:00, Q. Gong wrote:
> Just want to get some debian source packages to build .deb packages (e.g.,
> pine). However, "apt-get -b source packagename" running by normal user
> gets a checkroot error. How to get it done by a normal user?
As root: apt-get install fakeroot
As user: fakeroot apt-get source -b <package>
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