[vox-tech] Debian packager source install

[Donald Greg McGahan]

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Alex Mandel wrote:

> I know the title isn't quite clear.
> Here's the scenario:
> I want to install a program that isn't in the package manager for
> Ubuntu. The catch is that it may be soon, so how do I make a .deb (I
> think I've got instructions for this) and then how do I install it
> so that I can easily uninstall or upgrade when it officially comes
> out in the archives?
>
> Here's what I've got so far, does this do what I want?
> (Can I get a little explanation on what's going on here?)
>
> sudo apt-get build-dep qgis
> apt-get source qgis
> cd qgis-0.7.4
> dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
>
> Also will this work for files that I have in a download(VM Server
> Beta), what about an rpm converted with Alien?
>
> Thanks - Alex
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I've used alien to make deb packages for Sun Java, StarOffice and it's
patches and it worked fine.
Here is what I did to install StarOffice (SO is free to educational users)
1. sh so-8-ga-bin-linux-en-US_en.sh (or which ever language you choose)
2. cd /var/tmp/unpack_staroffice/RPMS ;delete the rpms you don't care
about i.e. java if you've got it already installed
3. sudo aptitude install alien
4. sudo alien *.rpm --scripts
5. sudo dpkg -i *.deb
6. cd ..
7. rm setup
8. rm -r RPMS

Cheers!

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Donald Greg "DiG" McGahan
University of California Davis

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