gtk-gnutella 0.96.5 fakeroot debian/rules binary

Asked by jelena

I'm new to Ubuntu, and have been trying to update gtk-gnutella.

Anyway, after downloading ''gtk-gnutella-0.96.5.tar.bz2'' from

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4467

I've been following the steps from README.Debian and got stuck on step ''2. Build:''
Found some help about ''fakeroot debian/rules binary'' on some webpage, I did everything with success untill step:

''Unpacks Debian / Ubuntu source archives with Debian source package (.dsc) manipulation tool, enter:
$ dpkg-source -x package_version-revision.dsc''

No matter how I write version etc. ( for example: $ dpkg-source -x gtk-gnutella_0.96.5-revision.dsc or
$ dpkg-source -x gtk-gnutella_0.96.5.tar.bz2-revision.dsc),
terminal answer is ''(...) No such file or directory''.

Please tell me exactly what to do (don't even skip obvious steps you think everybody knows:), considering I have no programming knowledge and informatic experience, or give me a lead to some really ignorant-friendly Linux manual, Linux for idiots is still too advanced for me:)

Thanks in advance,

Jelena
Greetings from Croatia

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Thomas Roten (tsroten) said :
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You said, "...got stuck on step '2. Build:'." What exactly was the problem with that step?

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Best Thomas Roten (tsroten) said :
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But an alternative, and easier, way to install would be this. Download gtk-gnutella-0.96.5.tar.bz2 from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4467 to your Desktop. Right-click on it. Click "Extract Here".
Then click "Applications" >> "Accessories" >> "Terminal"
Type in the command "cd ~/Desktop/gtk-gnutella-0.96.5"
Type in the command "./build.sh"
Wait for it to finish, took about 2 minutes for me.
Type in "sudo make install"
Then go to "Applications" >> "Internet" >> "gtk-gnutella"

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jelena (jelenzagor) said :
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Thank you very much, this solved my problem, now I have up-to-date gtk-gnutella!

I don't know why I failed to build package/directory (If I got it right)
following the steps from http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rebuilding-ubuntu-debian-linux-binary-package/
and here's that ''2. Build:'' step:

''2. Build:
=========
Run from the top of the source tree:
  fakeroot debian/rules binary
and it will build the .deb package for you in the parent directory.''

It doesn't provide any info about building a package for someone who doesn't know anything about that.

Thanks again!
Cheers