Re: Oh no, what a really heavy bummer

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 11:17, Pigeon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
[snip]
> 
> Having put appropriate deb-src lines in sources.list, pointing to CD
> images or websites as appropriate, have I got this sequence right?
> 
> apt-get source --download-only whatever   # get source package
> dpkg-source -x whatever.dsc               # unpack it
> # fiddle with Makefiles etc.
> dpkg-buildpackage -b -ai686 whatever.dsc  # create binary .deb
> dpkg -i whatever.deb                      # install it

Here's how I do it:
# apt-get source gqview=1.0.2-1
# export CC=gcc-3.2 -Wall -O2 -mcpu=pentiumpro
# apt-get --compile source gqview=1.0.2-1
# dpkg -i gqview.deb
  alternatively:
# apt-get --compile source gqview=1.0.2-1

Note that the "=x.y.z-a" isn't necessary.

There's a sid package named apt-src which automates it even more.

I like the 2 step process, though...

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