Re: 2.6.3 on debian

[D Josiah Boothby]

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Gilles wrote:

> > I just installed 2.6.3 from source on Debian Sarge/Sid. I didn't have any
> > problems, though I did not try to make the documentation. I am interested
> > in making a debian package, but am a little intimidated by that whole
> > process. Hints are needed and encouragement is welcome :)
>
> As stated in a previous post, I'm willing to help with this.
> I followed the instructions on the "packaging" page, but it didn't
> work through, even without trying to build the documentation.

I also was unable to create a .deb when following the packaging 
instructions. Should I move this conversation over to the developer list, 
or should I dig up the output of the failure?

I don't believe that I had any problems installing from source (as in, 
lilypond seemed to compile cleanly as it didn't give me any errors), so 
I'm a little confused. Granted, the packaging instructions are about a 
half step short of being magic to me, so I can't begin to understand what 
went wrong or how to make it better :)

Josiah