I want to get the source code for a project and then build it the same way that apt would. E.g. I want the working source code and be able to run 'make' or similar command on the source.
How can I do that?
Specifically I want to get this source 'icedtea-6-jre-jamvm'
For this example I'll use icedtea-6-jre-jamvm as the package you want to rebuild.
First install all the dependencies and build essential:
sudo apt-get build-dep icedtea-6-jre-jamvm
sudo apt-get install build-essential
Then grab the source:
apt-get source icedtea-6-jre-jamvm
Then cd in the openjdk directory directory and build the deb, the -us and -uc here skip the GPG checks if you're just rebuilding it for yourself:
cd openjdk-6-6b24-1.11.5
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
Then go up a directory and you should have .deb files.
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