see below. On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 00:54, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > Rob Hurle wrote: >> Does anyone have advice on the best way to handle a .deb package? > > The easiest way is to not handle .deb files at all. Instead allow > apt-get to install the package and any dependencies from the network. > >> Can I make up my own repository of .deb packages and point apt-get >> at that to install packages? > > Yes. Many of us do that for packages that we create ourselves. But > if you are new to Debian then this isn't something I recommend for you > to do yet. Get some familiarity with the system before trying such > advanced topics. > >> I've installed one or two small things (gcc and gnu make) using >> dpkg, but I wondered if there was a better way to do this. > > What!? Why? In the future just use apt-get to install things that > you want. > > $ sudo apt-get update > $ sudo apt-get install gcc > $ sudo apt-get install make > > If you are compiling programs then you will want to install the > build-essential package at the least to pull in many of the tools that > you need. > > $ sudo apt-get install build-essential
Instead of first installing dependencies, you can do sudo apt-get install auto-apt sudo auto-apt -y -q run ./configure ... Kjetil > > And if you have a package in mind that you want to tinker with and to > rebuild yourself in different ways then you can install all of the > build dependencies for that package. > > $ sudo apt-get build-dep grep > $ sudo apt-get build-dep coreutils > $ sudo apt-get build-dep whatever > > And if 'sudo' isn't configured for you then that is the first thing > that you will want to do. :-) > > # visudo > rob ALL=(ALL) ALL > >> I've just downloaded opera and it comes in a .deb package, so this >> is my next task. apt or dpkg - or even synaptic? > > Yes. For Opera on Debian see the instructions on the wiki which go > into detail what you should do. > > http://wiki.debian.org/Opera > > Bob > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkzgrwIACgkQ0pRcO8E2ULZfYgCfaXl01vp06wXpfJ2ZB4QWPamo > tvMAn3W5nrIQr37NQxUUzxX3mAP7ykHv > =vMGg > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- "If you want a picture of the future - imagine a boot stamping on the human face - forever." George Orwell (1984) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti=-q_hhq06yeo=kbej7iz_8b4-aedftptzgg...@mail.gmail.com
