On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 02:23:23PM +0300, Sparx wrote: > Hello list. > I decided to build the KDE3 packages for debian myself (since i dont > expect an official build in the near future). > I downloaded the source archoves (*.tar.bz2) from KDE3 official mirror, > unpacked them and tried to dpkg-deb -b but obviously dpkg-deb expects a > different format than the one that KDE3 got its archives in (for example > DEBIAN directory and not debian like the archive got, and various > control file differences)
dpkg-deb --build is not the way to create a binary package from a source package. Additionally, The KDE 3.0 source tree does not include the required files for producing Debian binary packages. FYI, man dpkg-buildpackage should provide the information you seek. > i am using the latest dpkg-deb (unstable debian) > anyone got ideas ? suggestions ? already compiled deb's of kde 3 ? Sifting through the debian-kde archives, I found the following URL: http://kde3.geniussystems.net/debian I haven't tested it, but the packages are rumored to work. For further details, consult http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde Regards, Yotam Rubin ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
