Compiling from source and adding .deb contents.

2009-09-03 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Hi, I want to install nginx from source (latest unstable 0.8.13), using checkinstall to create a .deb. I also want to use Debian's latest nginx package (0.7.61) to add the man-pages, init scripts and what not. I've done this the past couple of times but lately i've been having issues with php-cgi

Re: How to make deb packages when compiling from source?

2007-09-03 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
That's exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much. Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to make deb packages when compiling from source?

2007-09-03 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
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 sof

Re: How to make deb packages when compiling from source?

2007-09-03 Thread Steve Kemp
On Mon Sep 03, 2007 at 07:04:43 +, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > 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

How to make deb packages when compiling from source?

2007-09-03 Thread Amit Uttamchandani
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 in

Re: php 4.3.0 for shell scripting and compiling from source

2003-01-12 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 05:55:37PM +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote: > Hello, > > i'm used to work with php for creating dynamic webpages. > I want to try to make shell scripts with it too and the 4.3.0 > version is able to do this. I know php already a bit and I'm fairly sure that PHP has been abl

php 4.3.0 for shell scripting and compiling from source

2003-01-11 Thread Benedict Verheyen
Hello, i'm used to work with php for creating dynamic webpages. I want to try to make shell scripts with it too and the 4.3.0 version is able to do this. I know php already a bit and don't want to learn perl script so that's the reason why i want to go with php. That and the fact that i like c++.

Re: [OT] Compiling From source. Thanks

2002-11-12 Thread Shri Shrikumar
Just wanted to say thanks to all that replied. I probably wont compile from source unless I find myself very bored(and with plenty disk space) On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 12:25, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > Hi All, > > Firstly, let me apologize for the off-topic post. > > I am considering compiling some so

Re: [OT] Compiling From source

2002-11-11 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 11:26:57AM -0200, Klaus Imgrund wrote: > No - useing gcc 2.95 instead of 3.2 speeds it up. Other way round. GCC 3.2 is supposed to be a huge improvement over 2.95 (at run time, anyhow). -rob msg12333/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [OT] Compiling From source

2002-11-10 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 12:25:57PM +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > 1. How easy is it to set something up so a group of packages get > automatically compiled (with some preset flags for optimization). Setting CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS will work for 99% of programs. Maybe apt-build is worth a look? > 2.

Re: [OT] Compiling From source

2002-11-10 Thread Klaus Imgrund
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 12:25:57 + Shri Shrikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. How easy is it to set something up so a group of packages get > automatically compiled (with some preset flags for optimization). I wouldn't do that - some apps and drivers don't work anymore with certain flags.You

Re: [OT] Compiling From source

2002-11-10 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Shri Shrikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-11-10 13:25]: >1. How easy is it to set something up so a group of packages get >automatically compiled (with some preset flags for optimization). With Gentoo - easy. With Debian it would take probably much longer than you can ever hope to save later.

Re: [OT] Compiling From source

2002-11-10 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 12:25:57PM +, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > 2. Which all packages are the prime candidates. Presumably XFree86 is a > candidate - what about libc and suchlike. I already compile the kernel. > Would compiling gcc speed up compiling ? The kernel and any movie-specific stuff see

[OT] Compiling From source

2002-11-10 Thread Shri Shrikumar
Hi All, Firstly, let me apologize for the off-topic post. I am considering compiling some software with optimizations to try to speed up my machine. I considered going to something like gentoo but would rather not *have to* compile all software. My questions are. 1. How easy is it to set someth

Re: Vim in mutt (was: Re: Compiling from source)

2002-03-11 Thread Andraz Sraka
On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 10:47:01PM +, Patrick Kirk wrote: > PS - off topic here but vim is not text wrapping within mutt. sorry > its all over the place - would someone using vim with mutt please be > so kind as to send me the relevant line from .muttrc to get the tw > correct. put something

Fwd: [Re: Vim in mutt (was: Re: Compiling from source)]

2002-03-11 Thread Matijs van Zuijlen
This may be what you're looking for. - Forwarded message from Nick Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:53:14 +1100 Subject: Re: Vim in mutt (was: Re: Compiling from source) From: Nick Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Matijs van Zuijlen <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Compiling from source

2002-03-11 Thread Patrick Kirk
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 12:19:42PM +1300, Corrin Lakeland wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >> [Compile from source] >> >> Question: does this really improve performance? > >A little. How much depends on the package. Remember that maintainers will >compile with -O2 and othe

Re: Vim in mutt (was: Re: Compiling from source)

2002-03-11 Thread Patrick Kirk
Many thanks. It looks awful as I enter it yet comes out fine when I send it. I'll read up on this during soem idle moment ;-)

Vim in mutt (was: Re: Compiling from source)

2002-03-11 Thread Matijs van Zuijlen
On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 10:47:01PM +, Patrick Kirk wrote: > Hi all, > > [big snip] > > PS - off topic here but vim is not text wrapping within mutt. sorry > its all over the place - would someone using vim with mutt please be > so kind as to send me the relevant line from .muttrc to get the tw

Re: Compiling from source

2002-03-10 Thread Corrin Lakeland
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > [Compile from source] > > Question: does this really improve performance? A little. How much depends on the package. Remember that maintainers will compile with -O2 and other optimisations, so all you gain is arch specific optimisations. For som

Compiling from source

2002-03-10 Thread Patrick Kirk
Hi all, I decide to try a new distro as the win2k partition of my machine was just sitting there. I had read articles by Daniel Robbins and decided to try Gentoo on www.gentoo.com. cfdisk and goodbye win2k...pity in a way because I still think its the best OS ever produced by M$. anyway, bac

Re: Where are the debian files for compiling from source?

2002-01-29 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 29 Jan 2002, Andre Berger wrote: > Here's what I've done to compile Vim 6.0.152 for potato as .deb: > > - download tarball and patches from ftp.vim.org, untar and apply > the patches > - rename the directory to vim-6.0 and cd into it > - $ deb-make > (single binary) > - edit de

Re: Where are the debian files for compiling from source?

2002-01-29 Thread Andre Berger
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Re: Where are the debian files for compiling from source?

2002-01-29 Thread Goedson Teixeira Paixao
On Ter, 2002-01-29 at 12:41, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Thanks to everyone who replied. Compiling debian source seems to be > quite a bit simpler than the last time I tried it. Unfortunately the > latest vim source (vim_6.0.118) won't compile for me, and the deb > package doesn't have gui compiled

Re: Where are the debian files for compiling from source?

2002-01-29 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 02:41:42PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who replied. Compiling debian source seems to be > quite a bit simpler than the last time I tried it. Unfortunately the > latest vim source (vim_6.0.118) won't compile for me > [[rest of mail snipped]] Make

Re: Where are the debian files for compiling from source?

2002-01-29 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 29 Jan 2002, Martin Wuertele wrote: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 10:24:46AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I've downloaded the vim source tarball from the debian site but how do I > > compile this as a deb package? Where are the relevant debian files for > > doing this? > > if you did apt-ge

Re: Where are the debian files for compiling from source?

2002-01-29 Thread Martin Wuertele
On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 10:24:46AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I've downloaded the vim source tarball from the debian site but how do I > compile this as a deb package? Where are the relevant debian files for > doing this? if you did apt-get source vim you have a directory called vim- if y

Re: Where are the debian files for compiling from source?

2002-01-29 Thread Brian Potkin
On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 10:24:46AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I've downloaded the vim source tarball from the debian site but how do I > compile this as a deb package? Where are the relevant debian files for > doing this? You will also need the diff.gz and dsc files. Two sources which may

Re: Where are the debian files for compiling from source?

2002-01-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 10:24:46AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I've downloaded the vim source tarball from the debian site but how do I > compile this as a deb package? Where are the relevant debian files for > doing this? 'apt-get source vim' Cheers, -- Colin Watson

Where are the debian files for compiling from source?

2002-01-29 Thread Anthony Campbell
I've downloaded the vim source tarball from the debian site but how do I compile this as a deb package? Where are the relevant debian files for doing this? -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and

Re: Galeon installation (compiling from source) fails: no vfs?

2001-06-15 Thread ktb
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 05:13:36PM +1000, Andrew Sione Taumoefolau wrote: > > I would think upgrading to GNOME 1.2.0 would be a pain with potato but I > > might be wrong. Someone may have built a package for stable. Check the > > archives. Someone else might chip in with the way to do this. > >

Re: Galeon installation (compiling from source) fails: no vfs?

2001-06-15 Thread Andrew Sione Taumoefolau
Christophe > You need the libpanel-applet (and dev) package. > The configure give a false impression : when everything goes right you can > see somthing like : > checking for additional GNOME modules... vfs applet > but when a modules is not present the uotput is more than confusing. That did it

Re: Galeon installation (compiling from source) fails: no vfs?

2001-06-15 Thread christophe barbé
You need the libpanel-applet (and dev) package. The configure give a false impression : when everything goes right you can see somthing like : checking for additional GNOME modules... vfs applet but when a modules is not present the uotput is more than confusing. If you want you can use my debian

Re: Galeon installation (compiling from source) fails: no vfs?

2001-06-15 Thread Andrew Sione Taumoefolau
> I would think upgrading to GNOME 1.2.0 would be a pain with potato but I > might be wrong. Someone may have built a package for stable. Check the > archives. Someone else might chip in with the way to do this. > hth, > kent Kent, > > I'm running Debian unstable, kernel 2.4.4,, using the S3 X

Re: Galeon installation (compiling from source) fails: no vfs?

2001-06-14 Thread ktb
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 01:40:01PM +1000, Andrew Sione Taumoefolau wrote: > I'm attempting to get the Galeon source compiled (acquired from the > sourceforge ftp server), but ./configure fails with this message: > > checking for GNOME - version >= 1.2.0... yes > checking for additional

Galeon installation (compiling from source) fails: no vfs?

2001-06-14 Thread Andrew Sione Taumoefolau
I'm attempting to get the Galeon source compiled (acquired from the sourceforge ftp server), but ./configure fails with this message: checking for GNOME - version >= 1.2.0... yes checking for additional GNOME modules... vfs*** applets library is not installed confi

Re: compiling from source - where to install

2000-02-01 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Alexander) wrote: >Hello all. New to Debian, and have a few questions. When installing >software from source: what is the official/suggested way of doing this in >Debian? Obviously, /usr/local is under my control according to the FHS. >But is there a suggested way of hand

compiling from source - where to install

2000-02-01 Thread Ian Alexander
Hello all. New to Debian, and have a few questions. When installing software from source: what is the official/suggested way of doing this in Debian? Obviously, /usr/local is under my control according to the FHS. But is there a suggested way of handling this on a Debian system? Also, does it