On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:56 AM, john <[email protected]> wrote: > I was hoping someone might briefly outline the steps I should take (or > point me to a howto) to recompile ltspfs with the patch submitted on > this bug report and try it out.
For complete instructions see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Complete https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/PatchSystems Quick general instructions for simply applying a patch you find on launchapd: 1) make a new directory 2) in that directory download the source files (e.g. "apt-get source {package_name}" no sudo is needed) 3) unpack the source code (e.g. "dpkg-source -x foo_1.0-1.dsc") 4) cd into the new directory 5) apply the patch (use "man patch" to get help, most likely it will be something like "patch -p1 {path_to_your_patch}") 6) build the package (e.g."debuild") 7) install the new binary package (cd to wherever it was built, most likely it will be "cd .." and then run "dpkg -i {packagename}.deb {packagename2}.deb ...") done! For "real-time" help, hop onto #ubuntu-dev on freenode IRC. As an alternative to 2, you can grab the bzr branch (command: "bzr branch lp:ubuntu/natty/{packagename}"), but that might be more complicated if you're not familiar with bzr. A similar process is used to generate a patch too, but instead of "patch" you use the command "diff" Regards, Scott -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
