<quote who="James Gray"> > Here's the way I read the man pages (as root): > apt-get source <package> > cd <package> > ./configure --with-all-the-opts-i-need > dpkg-buildpackage > dpkg -i <package>.deb > > Or is there a better way?? Thanks in advance folks :)
Sure, try this: apt-get source <package> vi <package>*/debian/rules (modify the configure arguments in here, under the configure rule [1]) dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us -rfakeroot [2] dpkg -i ../<package>*.deb [1] depending on what you're changing, you might have to get your hands dirty on more detailed packaging foo, even if you just add a configure parameter. this will generally only happen with complicated and/or messy packages. [2] because you should always build your packages/software/anything as an unprivileged user! :-) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ "The Irish were next, being the only people who could credibly be accused of lowering the tone of a society of convicts." - Guy Rundle -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
