Recompiling a package

2003-08-14 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
Hi people I was searching for a package and I've found it. But it´s compiled for Debian stable. I use Debian unstable and I would like to compile it for my version of Debian. How can I recompile it? I have those files: program.diff.gz program.dsc program.changes program.deb program.orig.tar.gz

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-14 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
Steve Kemp wrote: Unpacking the .orig.tar.gz only creates the directory of the program, but without the debian/ directory. What do I have to do? Unzip the 'program.diff.gz' file, and apply it with patch. This will create the debian/ directory. If you've got this from a stable archive I'm

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-14 Thread Keegan Quinn
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 10:11:00AM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > Make sure you have installed the build-essential meta-package, it will > download things the package maintainer has assumed you have. > then, > dpkg-source -x program.dsc > cd program-1.2.3 (All correct, "apt-get source" was covered el

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-14 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 03:42:40PM -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > I was searching for a package and I've found it. But it?s compiled for > Debian stable. I use Debian unstable and I would like to compile it for > my version of Debian. > How can I recompile it? I have those files: > program

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-14 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 03:42:40PM -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > I was searching for a package and I've found it. But it´s compiled for > Debian stable. I use Debian unstable and I would like to compile it for > my version of Debian. > How can I recompile it? I have those files: > progra

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-14 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 03:42:40PM -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > I was searching for a package and I've found it. But it?s compiled for > Debian stable. I use Debian unstable and I would like to compile it for > my version of Debian. > How can I recompile it? I have those files: > progra

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-14 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Arnaud Vandyck dijo [Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 10:57:31PM +0200]: > > > > Unpacking the .orig.tar.gz only creates the directory of the > > > > program, but without the debian/ directory. What do I have to do? > > > Unzip the 'program.diff.gz' file, and apply it with patch. This > > > will cre

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-14 Thread David Z Maze
"Nelson A. de Oliveira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was searching for a package and I've found it. But it´s compiled for > Debian stable. I use Debian unstable and I would like to compile it > for my version of Debian. > How can I recompile it? I have those files: > program.diff.gz > program.d

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-14 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:11:52 -0300 "Nelson A. de Oliveira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Kemp wrote: > > > > > Unpacking the .orig.tar.gz only creates the directory of the > > > program, but without the debian/ directory. What do I have to do? > > Unzip the 'program.diff.gz' file, an

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-13 Thread Keegan Quinn
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 10:11:00AM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > Make sure you have installed the build-essential meta-package, it will > download things the package maintainer has assumed you have. > then, > dpkg-source -x program.dsc > cd program-1.2.3 (All correct, "apt-get source" was covered el

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-13 Thread Craig Small
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 03:42:40PM -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > I was searching for a package and I've found it. But it?s compiled for > Debian stable. I use Debian unstable and I would like to compile it for > my version of Debian. > How can I recompile it? I have those files: > program

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-13 Thread David Z Maze
"Nelson A. de Oliveira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was searching for a package and I've found it. But it´s compiled for > Debian stable. I use Debian unstable and I would like to compile it > for my version of Debian. > How can I recompile it? I have those files: > program.diff.gz > program.d

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-13 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Arnaud Vandyck dijo [Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 10:57:31PM +0200]: > > > > Unpacking the .orig.tar.gz only creates the directory of the > > > > program, but without the debian/ directory. What do I have to do? > > > Unzip the 'program.diff.gz' file, and apply it with patch. This > > > will cre

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-13 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 03:42:40PM -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > I was searching for a package and I've found it. But it´s compiled for > Debian stable. I use Debian unstable and I would like to compile it for > my version of Debian. > How can I recompile it? I have those files: > progra

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-13 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 16:11:52 -0300 "Nelson A. de Oliveira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Steve Kemp wrote: > > > > > Unpacking the .orig.tar.gz only creates the directory of the > > > program, but without the debian/ directory. What do I have to do? > > Unzip the 'program.diff.gz' file, an

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-13 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
Steve Kemp wrote: Unpacking the .orig.tar.gz only creates the directory of the program, but without the debian/ directory. What do I have to do? Unzip the 'program.diff.gz' file, and apply it with patch. This will create the debian/ directory. If you've got this from a stable archive

Re: Recompiling a package

2003-08-13 Thread Steve Kemp
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 03:42:40PM -0300, Nelson A. de Oliveira wrote: > I was searching for a package and I've found it. But it?s compiled for > Debian stable. I use Debian unstable and I would like to compile it for > my version of Debian. > How can I recompile it? I have those files: > progra

Recompiling a package

2003-08-13 Thread Nelson A. de Oliveira
Hi people I was searching for a package and I've found it. But it´s compiled for Debian stable. I use Debian unstable and I would like to compile it for my version of Debian. How can I recompile it? I have those files: program.diff.gz program.dsc program.changes program.deb program.orig.tar.gz