Re: Installing old tarballs on a new Debian system

From: Hugo Vanwoerkom (hvw59601_at_care2.com)
Date: 12/31/04

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Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 06:43:21 -0600

    Roberto Sanchez wrote:
    > cga wrote:
    >
    >> I am currently switching to Debian and I have a bunch of utilities,
    >> wmaker applets,
    >> etc.. in source format that I would like to reinstall on the new system.
    >> Unfortunately
    >> a number of these are not available as .deb's.
    >>
    >> As I see it I can either copy them to /usr/local/tarballs & do the usual
    >> ./configure/make/
    >> make-install dance or try to create .deb's myself. This last approach
    >> being probably
    >> the more dangerous.
    >> Is there any place in the Debian literature where this issue is
    >> discussed? Any guidelines
    >> concerning source(non-debian) install on Debian system? Are there any
    >> tools that might
    >> help automate the conversion of source packages to the .deb format?
    >>
    > The new maintainer's guide talks about how to build .deb packages. It
    > is the most "academically correct" solution. For a quick and dirty
    > solution, use checkinstall. It is in unstable. Basically you do this:
    >
    > tar zxvf <your-source-package>
    > cd <your-source-directory>
    > ./configure <with-desired-options>
    > make
    > su
    > checkinstall make install
    >
    > Answer the few questions at the end to tweak the version and package
    > name to your liking and viola, you have a Debianized package that
    > integrates with your package database for your non-Debian source
    > package. I have used successfully for several projects I am developing.
    > I olnly wish I had known about it sooner.
    >

    Good tip! Never knew about that one! It is in Sarge also. I am going to
    try that with wwwcount and svgatextmode, at least. The former is no
    longer in Debian and the latter's version breaks the display and I need
    e prior version. Thanks!

    H 

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