how to build .tbz2 binary package from source ?

[hosein-mec]

hi , i compiled latest mplayer-checkout-snapshot source package successfully. how can i build .tbz2 binary package after compile ?

thanks ,

[Thev00d00]

Compiled as in downloaded it yourself and compiled? or compiled as in using emerge?

[hosein-mec]

compiled as in downloaded myself from this link :

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http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/mplayer-checkout-snapshot.tar.bz2

[rand.a]

You basically have 2 options that i know of.

1. Build the package in a sandbox and install it within the sandbox and then tar it up.

2. Write an ebuild for the package and use portage to build the binary package with `emerge --buildpkg`

#2 being the proper way to do it in gentoo/sabayon