From: Mike Bydalek > chip33az@netscape.net wrote: >> Most of the programs I can use the default Etch with no issues, but >> there are some I would like to either install myself or compile myself. >> For example, I would like the latest GNUCash (helping me with my >> accounting class) and Iceweasel and Icedove. > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Basic?action=show&redirect=HowToBuildDebianPackagesFromScratch > and http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/index.en.html > > * Download the latest tarball > * Apply the patches from either Debian or Ubuntu (usually I do Ubuntu > but you can try the Debian ones since you're concerned about stability, > etc.) > * run dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot > * Check for errors, etc. One caveat with the latest GNUcash: IIRC, it required a bunch of newer GTK+/GNOME packages. At least building GNUcash 2.2.3 on Gentoo had a lot of dependencies. And you're going to have to install a large number of *dev packages to build it from source. Also, I haven't seen any real functional improvements in going from GNUcash 2.0.n to 2.2.3. Then again, I'm not using the more complicated things that it can do. -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.dyndns.org:8080/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss