Building packages from sources using Debian/Ubuntu
Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:14:42 +0000
Sometimes you want to install latest version of selected software package while keeping base system stable. Then installing from source is a safe option to proceed.
First, you have to include sources from fresh system version, below is example taken from Ubuntu, I selected natty (/etc/apt/sources.list):
deb-src http://pl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted
Then you should refresh package list:
sudo apt-get update
and install dependencies:
sudo apt-get build-dep ccache
and finally build the new version of a package (note that no root account is needed for that step):
apt-get -b source ccache
As a result there's a *.deb package, install it:
sudo dpkg -i ccache*.deb
That's all!