On 12/21/06, Darren Salt <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I demand that mike lewis may or may not have written... > > [snip] > > OK. I tried to install xine last night. I have some rather complex > > dependancy problems. I'm using all ubunuto apt-get servers and then your > > apt-get server. Basically, the packages on your site depend on versions of > > software that ubuntu doesn't see to supply. [...] > > Hmm. My 'stable' builds are for too old a distribution, and it looks very > much like my 'testing' builds are for one which is just that little bit too > new... > > > Soo. Yes. I'm guessing there are some other "bleeding edge" software > > repositories that I need to enable as well?? > > No. Your problem is that you're (presumably) using edgy whereas I build for > sarge (too old), etch (slightly too new) and unstable (also slightly too > new), and I currently have no plans to build for Ubuntu releases. > > Given this, I think that it's best that you add a deb-src line for my > archive, run 'aptitude update', install devscripts and build-essential, then: > > $ apt-get source foo > $ cd foo-* > $ sudo apt-get build-dep foo > $ debuild binary > > $ sudo dpkg -i ../*.deb > > Be careful with that last line - you'll probably want to list specific > package files. And dependency errors shouldn't be a problem either since you > can use aptitude to install the missing packages and mark them as > automatically installed. > I finally got around to trying this. Stuck at "debuild". I'm unable to find it on my system and unable to find it as a refference in aptitude (hitting S in the GUI). Trying debian-builder as the closest match ;-) Mick > -- > | Darren Salt | linux or ds at | nr. Ashington, | Toon > | RISC OS, Linux | youmustbejoking,demon,co,uk | Northumberland | Army > | + Generate power using sun, wind, water, nuclear. FORGET COAL AND OIL. > > "If I knew what I was doing, I'd be in MIS." - Linus Torvalds, lkml > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr >
