On Fri, Aug 27, 2010, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > If you want to compile vlc (or any other package) the debian way, then: > 1) dget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/v/vlc/vlc_1.1.3-1.dsc > (This way you're sure you have downloaded what the maintainer put in > the archive. Sometimes, the .orig is not exactly upstream's one). > 2) dpkg-source -x vlc_1.1.3-1.dsc > 3) cd vlc_1.1.3 > 4) "Be sure that the build-dependencies are installed"
In other words "apt-get build-dep vlc" > 5) dpkg-buildpackage $whatever_funky_option_you_might_want_to_use > 6) Enjoy! Regards, -- Mohammed Adnène Trojette _______________________________________________ pkg-multimedia-maintainers mailing list pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers
