Re: Compiling .deb from source with additional parameters?

[Kamaraju Kusumanchi <kamaraju@bluebottle.com>]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:31:06 -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to be able to compile a package from source (ghemical, FWIW) so
> that I can add so additional parameters not normally included which will
> enhance the app for my purposes.  The enhancements are part of the
> upstream distribution (an interface with GAMESS).
> 

I frequently do this with couple of packages. For example, I would like 
to have readline support, history support in gnuplot. So I recompile it 
myself in a "debianized way". The step-by-step instructions as to how I 
do it can be found at

http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/2007/04/build-gnuplot-with-gnu-
readline-and.html


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