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| author | Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@math.sfu.ca> | 2014-02-11 14:25:19 -0800 |
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| committer | Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@math.sfu.ca> | 2014-02-11 14:25:19 -0800 |
| commit | 3b9375b7f5ce2267bdd8ab9edfba533767c40d6b (patch) | |
| tree | 020cd71f069d7cf72207ce5cbc2c081e6f6122f1 | |
| parent | 33806951c8c3f30a6f562af8a3d16593bbe81d57 (diff) | |
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improve/clarify Debian sections of README.rst
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@@ -89,30 +89,30 @@ the build scripts and this readme file.) Installing dependencies on Debian or Ubuntu =========================================== -On Debian or Ubuntu systems, you can try to run this command in the -mpv-build directory to install most of the required dependencies: +On Debian or Ubuntu systems, you can install a fairly comprehensive +list of build dependencies with the command sudo apt-get install devscripts equivs mk-build-deps -s sudo -i -This will generate and install a dummy package with the required -dependencies. (mk-build-deps is part of devscripts.) +This will generate and install a dummy package that depends on the +required packages. If you don't want to use sudo, you can also try: mk-build-deps - dpkg -i mpv-build-deps_*.deb + su -c 'dpkg -i mpv-build-deps_*.deb || apt-get install -f' - apt-get install -f - -dpkg and apt-get will require root rights of course. +Note that it is advised you first remove any old mpv-build-deps +package files previously created by you before running the above +commands to ensure that you are installing the correct version. Building a Debian package ========================= -First make sure that you have the latest version of mpv and its +Make sure that you have the latest version of mpv and its dependencies: ./update @@ -121,8 +121,18 @@ You can then build a full mpv Debian package with the following command: debuild -uc -us -b -j4 -The .deb file will be created in the parent directory. (4 is the number -of jobs running in parallel - you can change it.) +(4 is the number of jobs running in parallel - change it to match your +number of processors.) The .deb file will be created in the parent +directory, and can be installed with + + sudo dpkg -i ../mpv_*_*.deb + +As with the mpv-build-deps package, you should ensure you are +installing the correct mpv_<version>_<architecture>.deb and not one +you previously compiled. + +For further information regarding the Debian package, see +debian/README.Debian. Local changes to the git repositories ===================================== |