Dave Robinson wrote: > Hi All, :-) > > Re: lxf118: > > 64studio was chosen as the top distro in the Lifestyle > Music Production section "Finding the perfect distro" article. > A very good review of 64studio is included. > > Build Debian Packages: > If you find the Debian documentation a bit heavy to > begin with, this tutorial is a great way to get your feet muddy > with Debian package building. The packages are small and > quick to build, also the outcome leads you on to the next > natural step in package building. > > Method: > I started off with two tiny shell scripts called, > helloworld & world like this. > > #!/bin/bash > echo -n hello > world > #!/bin/bash > echo ' world' > > $ chmod 755 helloworld > $ chmod 755 world > > Assuming these scripts are in a directory that's on my > search path I can run helloworld and see the expected output. > > $ mkdir ~/bin > Add search path to .bashrc > export PATH=/home/dave/bin:$PATH > $ . .bashrc > > $ helloworld > hello world > > Create the control file. > > $ gedit ~/control > Add your details: > > Package: world > Version: 1.1-1 > Maintainer: Your Name [email protected] > Description: Program to print "world" > Section: utils > Priority: optional > Architecture: all > Depends: bash > > $ cd; mkdir wdir; cd wdir > wdir$ mkdir -p debian/usr/local/bin/ > wdir$ cp ~/bin/world debian/usr/local/bin/ > wdir$ mkdir debian/DEBIAN/ > wdir$ cp ~/control debian/DEBIAN/ > wdir$ dpkg-deb --build debian/ . > dpkg-deb: building package world' > in./world_1.1-1_all.deb'. > wdir$ ls -l > total 8 > debian > world_1.1-1_all.deb > > $ cp wdir/world_1.1-1_all.deb pkg-mmm/ > > ~/pkg-mmm$ ar x world_1.1-1_all.deb > ~/pkg-mmm$ ls -l > control.tar.gz > data.tar.gz > debian-binary > world_1.1-1_all.deb > > ~/pkg-mmm$ tar tf data.tar.gz > ./ > ./usr/ > ./usr/local/ > ./usr/local/bin/ > ./usr/local/bin/world > > ~/pkg-mmm$ tar tf control.tar.gz > ./ > ./control > > ~/pkg-mmm$ lintian world_1.1-1_all.deb > E: world: dir-in-usr-local usr/local/bin/ > E: world: file-in-usr-local usr/local/bin/world > W: world: file-in-unusual-dir usr/local/bin/world > E: world: no-copyright-file > E: world: extended-description-is-empty > E: world: maintainer-name-missing > Your Name [email protected] > E: world: > depends-on-essential-package-without-using-version > depends: bash > > The second package (helloworld) is built in much the > same way with different details e.g. Depends: bash "world" > (control file details). If you try to install "helloworld" > without installing "world" first, dpkg refuses. > Similarly, with both packages installed, if you try to > remove "world" dpkg refuses. > Dependency management is working fine. > This howto is a good way to tackle package building at a root level. > The program lintian "lintian world_1.1-1_all.deb" > is showing that the packages would not be accepted into > the Debian distribution, more importantly it shows "why" > and "what" needs correcting. Now we can research: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ > > Using the messages produced by lintian as a guide. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > The first packaging classroom > #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net was very good > and I'm looking forward to next weeks session. > > http://ubuntupackaging.wordpress.com/ > > Cheers! > Dave. > > Forum: Package-maintainers starter > http://www.64studio.com/node/995 > > > Thanks. I think cdbs can make your Debian packaging a lot easier.
If you run: dh_make -e [email protected] -f ../rumor-1.0.3b.tar.gz -c gpl -b (change email and package of course) in the program source directory, cdbs takes care of the /debian/rules file. You don't have to look at that... :) Also the debian mentors website and mailinglist is very very helpful! More info: http://debathena.mit.edu/packaging/ https://perso.duckcorp.org/duck/cdbs-doc/cdbs-doc.xhtml Good luck. It's nice to have some influence on the packages which are in Debian/ Ubuntu/ 64studio! :) \r _______________________________________________ 64studio-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel
