On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > dear all, > > i'd like to package a friend's game, but it requires: > > >=libsdl1.0 which debian provides > sdl_image a library which debian doesn't provide > sdl_mixer a library which debian doesn't provide > > currently, the only way to get sdl_image and sdl_mixer on a debian system is > to compile it from tarball. > > is it possible to specify a dependency on a library which has to be made > from tarball (ie- not installed via apt-get or deselect).
No, you can only specify dependencies on other debian packages. If the library hasn't been packaged there is nothing for you to depend on. Britton
