How to compile Ubuntu packages (patching?) ???

[Tommy Trussell]

On 2/18/06, Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:
> So I am thinking that maybe the Ubuntu diff file (it's big and contains
> lots of stuff), might be mandatory. I am hoping that if I patch gqview
> with it, it will eventually compile.
>
> Problem: how the hell do I apply that patch/diff file ???!

Have you had a chance to read the man page for patch? I believe it
will describe what you need to know.

man patch

(The man page for diff might interest you, too, but only to learn how
the diff file was created in the first place.)