[SlugLUG] Gentoo Work

[Suraj N. Kurapati]

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Matt Thrailkill wrote:
> I generally use Ubuntu and Debian now.  The only thing I miss is how
> easy it was to hammer out a basic ebuild for your standard `./configure
> && make && make install` type apps.  I don't know how to build my own
> Debian packages.

It's pretty easy if you follow this tutorial[1].

Usually I build a Debian/Ubuntu package when the one available from
apt is really outdated. It's a good idea to grab all build
dependencies of the outdated package, since they're very likely to
be same for the new one.

[1] http://women.debian.org/wiki/English/BuildingTutorial
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