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#1 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:16 AM

Hello,

I am using Debian Etch. I need to update my nvidia drivers but the debian
drivers are fairly old for etch. I want to be able to create nvidia-*
debian packages from the nvidia driver downloaded from nvidia's website. I
regularly use checkinstall for creating debian packages but that presumes
a ./configure/make/make install type of work flow.

How are the nvidia packages in non-free created, btw. ?

Thanks.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:16 AM

On Mar 15, 1:48 am, Geico Caveman <spammers-go-h...@spam.invalid>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using Debian Etch. I need to update my nvidia drivers but the debian
> drivers are fairly old for etch. I want to be able to create nvidia-*
> debian packages from the nvidia driver downloaded from nvidia's website. I
> regularly use checkinstall for creating debian packages but that presumes
> a ./configure/make/make install type of work flow.
>
> How are the nvidia packages in non-free created, btw. ?

Please do search on http://wiki.debian.org/ where there is a large
page where three different ways of installing video drivers for nVidia
is described. You should be abel to find a good way of installing
nVidias binary driver there, that suits you.

Good luck

#3 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:17 AM

AJackson wrote:

> On Mar 15, 1:48 am, Geico Caveman <spammers-go-h...@spam.invalid>
> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using Debian Etch. I need to update my nvidia drivers but
>> the debian
>> drivers are fairly old for etch. I want to be able to create nvidia-*
>> debian packages from the nvidia driver downloaded from nvidia's website.
>> I regularly use checkinstall for creating debian packages but that
>> presumes a ./configure/make/make install type of work flow.
>>
>> How are the nvidia packages in non-free created, btw. ?
>
> Please do search on http://wiki.debian.org/ where there is a large
> page where three different ways of installing video drivers for nVidia
> is described. You should be abel to find a good way of installing
> nVidias binary driver there, that suits you.
>
> Good luck

Thanks for your effort, but I do not think you bothered to read my question
before responding to it. I know how to install packages - from nvidia's raw
drivers and from Debian packages.

I am looking for a way to *CREATE* (yes, create) Debian packages, given
nvidia's drivers from their website.

#4 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:17 AM

> Thanks for your effort, but I do not think you bothered to read my question
> before responding to it. I know how to install packages - from nvidia's raw
> drivers and from Debian packages.

> I am looking for a way to *CREATE* (yes, create) Debian packages, given
> nvidia's drivers from their website.

Download source of package with apt-get source pk

Look at how they do it there. There are som scripts in a Debian
directory. There is also some dokumentation for packagers at www.debian.org
somewhere.
http://www.us.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#maint-guide
Oh, it's some packages with documentation: maint-guide and dpkg-doc

#5 (**permalink**) 01-19-2008, 08:17 AM

AJackson wrote:

>> Thanks for your effort, but I do not think you bothered to read my
>> question before responding to it. I know how to install packages - from
>> nvidia's raw drivers and from Debian packages.
>
>> I am looking for a way to *CREATE* (yes, create) Debian packages, given
>> nvidia's drivers from their website.
>
> Download source of package with apt-get source pk
>
> Look at how they do it there. There are som scripts in a Debian
> directory. There is also some dokumentation for packagers at
> www.debian.org somewhere.
> http://www.us.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#maint-guide
> Oh, it's some packages with documentation: maint-guide and dpkg-doc

The source of the package is not available completely. This package is
listed in non-free.

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