It's pretty easy, usually. 1) Download the source components into the directory of your choice. There should be either two or three files: *.orig.tar.gz, *.dsc, and *.diff.gz (not present if it's a "native" Debian package).
2) Enter the command "dpkg-source -x <packagename>.dsc". This will unpack the source into the <packagename> directory, which will be created. 3) Go into the unpacked source directory, and issue the command "debian/rules build". 4) Issue the command "fakeroot debian/rules binary". Assuming that you have all of the necessary development packages installed, your debfile will be created in the parent directory. If you get any errors about required files/commands not being present, you can find out what packages you need to install by doing a package search at the Debian website. Just follow the "Debian Packages" link on the main page. On Sun, May 09, 1999 at 03:15:20PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > A short question: > > Does anyone know how to compile a debian source package into a binary?
