+++ Andrew Bakin [2013-10-22 18:58 +0100]: > Hi, > I have to say that I am new to the world of Linux and am on a very steep > learning curve as I have to package a shared library which I have written > in 'C' as well as a Python package. I have successfully created a deb file > today which has taken much work. However, it appears it's empty and so > installs nothing. > Having read a lot of material on the subject there are still some parts > that confuse me. I have a million questions but I will try to break it > down.
It does feel somewhat overwhelming when you start. Stick with it :-) And picking a library for your first package doesn't help - the rules are more detailed and complex than for 'leaf' packages. > So, there's a shared library written in C (laika.c and exp.c --> > liblaika.so.1.0.0). This is produced from a makefile and installed to > /usr/lib. The makefile also places laika.h in /usr/include. DESTDIR is set > up correctly I think. > Now as I understand, debian/rules calls this makefile (make install). Correct > But, I also have a build.sh script which I have used to install the > library, before attempting to make a deb package. This actually worked > well, but it's no deb package. So long as it can be made to install to DESTDIR cleanly then it will work fine for packaging purposes too. > My workflow is something like: > Create tarball from source: tar -cwzf laika_1.0.0.orig.tar.gz laika-1.0.0 > run dh_make in laika-1.0.0 : dh_make -s -c gpl3 --native > run debuild: debuild -us -uc That looks sane (except it should be dh_make -l, and there is quite a lot of <edit and remove files>, between the dh_make and the debuild. dh_make only gives you a skeleton. You need to declare which files are installed where (e.g laika.h into /usr/include in the laika-dev package, liblaika.so.1.0.0 (and compatibility links) into /usr/lib/$MULTIARACH in the liblaika package, etc). This can be done declaratively (best) or manually in the rules files. The dh_* docs are good so you should be able to work it out. > So here are my questions: Others have answered these sensibly. Come back here when you get stuck again :-) Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131022202508.gy7...@stoneboat.aleph1.co.uk