T o n g wrote: > Hi, > > Quick question, > > Apart from using checkinstall, if I've prepared a directory of folders and > files, can I make the directory into a .deb file? > > Thanks > As I know, no. In your case checkinstall is better. To prepare valid .deb, you must provide more than just directories and files, see 'Debian New Maintainers' Guide' for detailed info and consider writing to 'debian-mentors[dog]lists.debian.org' about preparing the .deb's.
-- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, Ukrainian C++ developer.
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