Re: Packages - what's the best way?
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On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 00:54, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
> Rob Hurle wrote:
>> Does anyone have advice on the best way to handle a .deb package?
>
> The easiest way is to not handle .deb files at all. Instead allow
> apt-get to install the package and any dependencies from the network.
>
>> Can I make up my own repository of .deb packages and point apt-get
>> at that to install packages?
>
> Yes. Many of us do that for packages that we create ourselves. But
> if you are new to Debian then this isn't something I recommend for you
> to do yet. Get some familiarity with the system before trying such
> advanced topics.
>
>> I've installed one or two small things (gcc and gnu make) using
>> dpkg, but I wondered if there was a better way to do this.
>
> What!? Why? In the future just use apt-get to install things that
> you want.
>
> $ sudo apt-get update
> $ sudo apt-get install gcc
> $ sudo apt-get install make
>
> If you are compiling programs then you will want to install the
> build-essential package at the least to pull in many of the tools that
> you need.
>
> $ sudo apt-get install build-essential
Instead of first installing dependencies, you can do
sudo apt-get install auto-apt
sudo auto-apt -y -q run ./configure
...
Kjetil
>
> And if you have a package in mind that you want to tinker with and to
> rebuild yourself in different ways then you can install all of the
> build dependencies for that package.
>
> $ sudo apt-get build-dep grep
> $ sudo apt-get build-dep coreutils
> $ sudo apt-get build-dep whatever
>
> And if 'sudo' isn't configured for you then that is the first thing
> that you will want to do. :-)
>
> # visudo
> rob ALL=(ALL) ALL
>
>> I've just downloaded opera and it comes in a .deb package, so this
>> is my next task. apt or dpkg - or even synaptic?
>
> Yes. For Opera on Debian see the instructions on the wiki which go
> into detail what you should do.
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/Opera
>
> Bob
>
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