Hello James,
On 23/04/14 17:23, James Robb wrote:
I have download this file:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/snapshot/xf86-input-synaptics-1.7.99.1.tar.gz
under the impression it is the packaged code I need to compile the
latest updates to the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package for ubuntu 14.04.
I have managed to run:
./configure
./make
./make install
all successfully, but with the results from these commands, I don't see
a compiled driver anywhere that I can inject into my own system.
I have been a software developer for about 7 years now, but mostly in
web application. I am starting to learn about linux development, but am
having trouble finding the material I need to package this in a
meaningful way for me.
Is there something obvious I am missing or some resource I can be
pointed towards? I really want to be able to wrap my head around this so
that hopefully one day I can contribute more to the linux codebase.
You might want to look at rebuilding the Ubuntu package using the
updated source. There is a bit of a learning curve here, but see for
starters:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpdatingADeb
https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingAPackage
You might also want to look at Ubuntu's semi-official X.Org update
repositories, though I suspect that that will be at least a similar
effort to rebuilding the packages for less educational gain:
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates
https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa/+index?batch=75&memo=75&start=75
Regards,
Michael
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