On Sun, May 09, 1999 at 03:59:01PM -0400, Ed Cogburn wrote: > Jake Bishop wrote: > > > > Hello, > > Can > > non-deb > > source > > pkgs be > > compiled > > and > > installed > > with > > dpkg (like > > the kernel > > sources)?. > > > > Thank you > > > No, dpkg only knows how to handle Debian packages that end in > '.deb'. The kernel sources are in '.tar.gz' format which requires > the use of the programs 'tar' and 'gzip'; man tar. Note however, > that a deb package of the kernel sources exists in slink (maybe > potato?).
If you use make-kpkg (in kernel-package) to compile the kernel, it will create a .deb file which can then be installed with dpkg. Other source packages can be debianized of course, but it usually easier to just install them in /usr/local. Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
