On 25/09/18 10:14, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher  writes:
>> https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/SourcePackage
>>
>> Download the source pakage and proceed as indicated. It should 'just
>> build'
>
> You need to install the build-dependencies as well. dpkg-buildpackage[1]
> will tell you what they are.
>
>   [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/dpkg-buildpackage.1.html
>
>> You need to be root probly to build stuff
>
> You don’t need to be root to build Debian packages from source. The only
> step that needs a root-like environment is the assembly of build
> products into a .deb file, and fakeroot is sufficient for that (and is
> what dpkg-buildpackage uses).
>
I hoped you would step in and provide chapter and verse.

Cheers!


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