Ubuntu/Debian compiling etc (was: Need help with iRiver T10 with Breezy!)

[Peter Garrett]

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:15:08 +0200
Loïc Martin <lomartin3 at gmail.com> wrote:

[snip]

> I've been used to distributions where you could specify the type of uses 
> you would do of your install, and just choosing "development something" 
> (sometimes split in two, adding the choice to do X development) would 
> enable me to compile almost anything without having to care about 
> installing manually extra stuff.

Ubuntu does things "The Debian Way" ,  on the whole - which is why the
apt/dpkg tools are the key to doing many things easily. "apt-get
build-dep" is just one example, but there are quite a few useful tools and
commands for building from source in the apt armory.

I recommend the apt-howto , which is available as a package and at

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/index.en.html

It is a useful reference - and has a section about compiling and source
packages. The "apt-howto" package is available in a number of languages -
see

apt-cache search apt-howto

for a listing.

Peter