On 06-Nov-2000 Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > dear all, > > i'd like to package a friend's game, but it requires: > >>=libsdl1.0 which debian provides > sdl_image a library which debian doesn't provide > sdl_mixer a library which debian doesn't provide > > currently, the only way to get sdl_image and sdl_mixer on a debian system is > to compile it from tarball. > > is it possible to specify a dependency on a library which has to be made > from tarball (ie- not installed via apt-get or deselect). >
every package in debian must be built with packages in Debian. So, you need to get those packaged as well.
