Re: Equivs - APT - Source - Packages

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Ricardo Lima wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Ricardo Lima

Great job! So to show the details of what you did for just one set of 
<name> debs, e.g. xlibs:

1. Create file xlibs.ctl that has:
        Section: x11
        Priority: optional
        Standards-Version: 4.4.0
        Package: xlibs
        Version: 4.4.0
        Maintainer: XX <XX@fe.up.pt>
        Provides: xlibs

2.equivs-build xlibs.ctl

3.dpkg -i xlibs_4.4.0_all.deb

Is that right?

Second question: did you compile the fonts also from source?

Hugo.