On Mon, 15 Apr 1996, Scott Barker wrote: > I'm trying to replace svgalib-1.2.8 with svgalib-1.2.9 > > I'm running debian 0.93R6 > > I grabbed the source for 1.2.9 and applied the same diffs as were applied to > 1.2.8 to make the debain package. I edited the debian.rules file to change the > version to 1.29-0, and then created the .deb package. So far so good. > > So, what's the command to actually install the thing? I tried > > dpkg -i svgalib-1.29-0.deb / > > which (I think) has worked for me before. However, it fails with an error from > dpkg-split about / being a directory and not a file.
1. I don't think you need the "/". But then I've never used 0.93. (My experience with Debian started with the InfoMagic Debian "1.0".) 2. Once you've done the debian.rules binary, check the package version number with "dpkg-deb --info svgalib-1.29.0.deb". If it says 1.29-0, then doing "dpkg -i svgalib-1.29.0.deb" should work fine and replace your 1.28 debian package with the 1.29 one you made. Christian
