Re: Replacing a Debian package with the original source package
On 03.06.09 19:16, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> In my Debian system I have Mplayer that came with Debian and want to
> replace with its svn version, recommended by Mplayer developers.
>
> What shall I do in order to remove the old one? Will an `apt-get purge'
> be enough? Or just remove the binary file?
don't remove it. unpack the svn version, cd to the mplayer directory, do an
% dch -v 1.0svn<date>-your.version.number
edit debian/rules and run
fakeroot debian/rules binary
Yes, the MPlayer contains control files for debian...
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