apt-get vs. configure from source

isuck@linux · 08-26-2006, 07:29 PM

How do I configure .deb packages downloaded using apt-get? Is it possible to configure them as I would do with a source code? I mean ./configure --with-balls etc etc. How do I do that with apt-get?

ph0b0s · 08-26-2006, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by isuck@linux

How do I configure .deb packages downloaded using apt-get? Is it possible to configure them as I would do with a source code? I mean ./configure --with-balls etc etc. How do I do that with apt-get?

I doubt it that's possible as .deb packages are prebuilt, while
configure comes before make...

JackieBrown · 08-26-2006, 10:08 PM

If you add the src repos you can grab the source and then repackage it.

HappyTux · 08-26-2006, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JackieBrown

If you add the src repos you can grab the source and then repackage it.

A guide to doing just that.

rickh · 08-26-2006, 10:47 PM

For further consideration

isuck@linux · 08-27-2006, 12:44 AM

Thanks a lot guys, I was looking for guides like those.