Jeremy Heslop

Since there is not an easy step by step howto for adding features to packages I decided to write a quick and dirty one myself. this is also for reference if I ever need it later. Read more to see what I did….

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Debian Build from source:

- Download source packages
apt-get source *packagename*

- Change any config rules
vi *packagename directory*/debian/rules

- Download build dependencies
apt-get build-dep *packagename*

- Compile the package
apt-get -b source *packagename*

- Install it
dpkg -i *packagename*.deb

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Adding fdf support to php5-5.2.0:

Download source directory:
apt-get source php5

Download fdftk:
wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/developer/acrobat/FDFToolkitForUnix.tar.gz

Extract fdftk:
tar xzf FDFToolkitForUnix.tar.gz

Copy files to /usr/local/:
cp "FDFToolkitForUnix/Headers and Libraries/Headers/*" /usr/local/include
cp "FDFToolkitForUnix/Headers and Libraries/LINUX/*" /usr/local/lib

Edit rules file php5-5.2.0/debian/rules and add under COMMON_CONFIG –with-fdftk=/usr/local Make sure you put a \ after the last configure line before the fdftk line

--with-exec-dir=/usr/lib/php5/libexec \
--with-fdftk=/usr/local

Install the newly compiled deb files:
dpkg -i *.deb

References:
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-sourcehandling.en.html
http://us3.php.net/fdf
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/fdftoolkit.html