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Re: alsa-base breaks linux-sound-base



On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 03:39:59PM +0200, lee wrote:
> Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> writes:
> > Read this:
> > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/FAQ
> >
> > Also, just found this:
> > http://blogs.dailynews.com/click/2012/06/debian-project-leader-stefano.html
> 
> That's interesting --- the question is what would actually be missing or
> not working if I removed everything from dmo and replaced it with what's
> in Debian.

Don't know, depends. You could try it and see.
For example if you watch DVD's on your computer you will need
libdvdcss2 which isn't available in Debian. 


> >> And how about the ones that aren't available in Debian?
> >
> > You can build them yourself using the build dependencies from Debian.
> > If you go that route then that is when you'll need the "deb-src" entries
> > in your sources list. There are some guides on the net:
> 
> Are you saying that there are sources in Debian packages for which no
> binary packages exist? 

oops, apologies. No that was a brain fart. Sorry, for some reason I was
thinking of needing a later package than the one available in Debian.

So if you want to compile a package which isn't available in Debian, you
still won't need a "deb-src" entry, you will only need to install any
xxx-dev packages, where xxx is any package required to satisfy the build
dependency.

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who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
oppressing." --- Malcolm X


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