Editing the debian/rules file?

[oedla]

So I'm having huge issues with installing the nvidia-driver package to work for my new 1070. So after suggestions from others I decided to follow the wiki for building locally from SVN. Predictably, I get all the errors they caution about, I get past the issue of missing directories in the build-area easily enough (I'm not so much of a noob that I can't figure out mkdir), but I get stuck on the issue that tar 1.29 or higher is needed, and the fact that jessie does not have this necesitates altering the "debian/rules file".

My question is, how d I do this? The wiki tells me exactly what to change, but not how the access the file itself (presumably because this is considered basic and something I should already know).

Section #2 @ https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsD ... s_from_SVN

[edbarx]

If you are compiling from source you must have a directory tree like this:

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source_root
|
|----> debian
              |
              |----> control

While in the directory containing source_root:

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nano source_root/debian/control

Use nano or any other text editor to edit control. It is as simple as that.

[stevepusser]

Boy, that wiki guide looks like a PITA. Why not just try and backport the 367.44 nvidia-driver in Experimental, which supports the 1070? Heck, I'll put the Debian source directly into a Jessie OBS repository and see if it builds, then you can try it directly.

[stevepusser]

So, just reloading the Debian source files into the OBS succeeded. https://build.opensuse.org/package/show ... dia-driver

They are in their own, sealed-off repository, I didn't have to add anything else to it.

Directions to add the repository are in the "download package" link on the upper right. The commands to add the key must also be run as root or with sudo.