====== Building a package from Squeeze on Lenny ======

Ensure that a sources entry for Squeeze (Testing) exists in /etc/apt/sources.list:

<file>deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free</file>

Run (as root):<file>apt-get update</file>

Run (as root):<file>apt-get install fakeroot</file>

Run (as root):<file>apt-get build-dep imagemagick</file>

Change to a directory you'll be using for building.

For the next part you can be a regular user.

Run (which should automatically pick up the version from Testing)<file>apt-get source imagemagick</file>

if not run <file>apt-get -t squeeze source imagemagick</file>

This will download and unpack the latest source package. CD into the directory created that contains the unpacked source (imagemagick-6.6.0.4/ as of this writing) <file>cd imagemagick-*</file>

Run <file>fakeroot debian/rules binary</file> and if all goes well, cd ..

In that directory will be a set of imagemagick debs that have only build-dependencies from Lenny (i.e. you just backported imagemagick for your environment).

As root again, run <file>dpkg -i *.deb</file>