Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I've recently been compiling a few programs from source. I then realized > that I might have to uninstall them in the future. Thus, I did a quick > google search and the main point was that after compiling create a .deb > file and then install the software. Then I could just use dpkg to install > and uninstall the software correct? > > How is this done? And what is the proper procedure?
There are multiple ways of achieving this. Assuming that the package that you are interested is already in debian, you can use pdebuild to build the packages. 1) simplest way download the source apt-get source packagename install the necessary dependencies apt-get build-dep packagename change directory cd packagename make necessary changes in the source build the package dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot I use the above procedure to build gnuplot packages with readline and history support. More detailed instructions can be found at http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/2007/04/build-gnuplot-with-gnu-readline-and.html 2) most general way - use pbuilder, pdebuild This method, for example, can be used to build packages for a machine running Sid on a machine running stable. Instructions on this can be found at http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/2007/04/recipe-for-building-texmacs-package.html There might be other ways but I am not familiar with them. For more detailed documentation, you can read the "Debian New Maintainers' guide" (apt-get install maint-guide). hth raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
