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Re: Equivs - APT - Source - Packages



Hi,
I have already solved my problem.
I am going to try to explain what I did.

1 - Downloaded, compiled and installed xfree86 4.4.0
2 - Discovered all the packages .deb made from xfree86 sources ->
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xfree86/
3 - With grep and a script, I created automatically one file for each
deb package (equivalent to do lots of times: equivs-control name):
------------------------------
       Section: x11
       Priority: optional
       Standards-Version: 4.4.0
       Package: xlibs
       Version: 4.4.0
       Maintainer: XX <XX@fe.up.pt>
       Provides: xlibs
------------------------------
to be used with equivs.
4 - I created a script that for all packages made
equivs-build name
and then :
dpkg -i name_4.4.0_all.deb

After this I could install xemacs21 with apt-get install, without having
any problems with dependencies. Note that apt-get did not install the
packages related with xfree86.

Therefore, I installed the sources of the xfree86 4.4.0 and "told" to
apt that all packages related with xfree86 were installed.

Does this method take care of dependecies/conflicts ?
Are you willing to share the scripts with us ? I am kind of newbie to scripts/equivs ?

Thanks
Hamid



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