On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 14:29:31 -0500 (EST) Mathieu Bouchard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Le 2011-12-06 à 19:51:00, IOhannes m zmoelnig a écrit : > > > $ dpkg -x pd.deb . > > > > alternatively > > $ ar x pd.deb > > $ tar xvzf data.tar.gz > > But dpkg -x doesn't run any scripts after unpacking, right ? At least, > ar/tar does not run scripts for sure. Most .deb packages require superuser permissions to install files into various places like /usr/bin, /etc or /usr/lib. Those are in the control file, use $ dpkg -c pd.deb to see all the places wheret content would be unpacked. I think IOhannes refers to unpacking a Debian source package so you can do a local build (in home directory). Source packages can be fetched using $ apt-get source puredata But then why not fetch the latest source from git/svn ? > Does the pd package contain any setup scripts ? But more generally, many > packages do, and it would be good to know how to install them. E.g. if the > pd package has any dependencies that aren't installed and that root > doesn't want to install... there must be at least one of them that needs > to run some kind of script ? > > Have you tried stuff involving --admindir and/or --root but not -x ? > > ______________________________________________________________________ > | Mathieu BOUCHARD ----- téléphone : +1.514.383.3801 ----- Montréal, QC -- Andy Farnell <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
