Re: [Boost-users] How to create 1.41 Debian .deb packages?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] How to create 1.41 Debian .deb packages?
From: Mathieu Malaterre (mathieu.malaterre_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-19 04:33:23

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Joost Kraaijeveld
<J.Kraaijeveld_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone tell me how I can create Debian .deb packages fro Boost 1.41,
> as they are not available from any repository? Preferably written down
> for dummies....

Make sure to have unstable in your source.list. Then:

$ tar xvfz boost1.41.tgz
$ apt-get source libboost1.40-dev
$ mv boost1.40-1.40.0/debian boost1.41
$ cd boost1.41
$ cd debian && (replace all 1.40 occurences with 1.41)
$ dpkg-buildpackage

HTH
-- 
Mathieu