On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Person, Roderick wrote: > I was trying to compile the binaries into a .deb. > There error was : exit error 1
There should be something else leading up to this, which is causing the error. > I have come to find that .debs are created from the source most of the time. > I have been told it is hard to compile binaries into .deb. It can be done > but everyone is telling me it's easier to go from the source. I guess I'll > try that. Oh, okay, I thought that compiling was what you were doing. Creating packages from binaries is very easy, if that's what you want to do. Just create the directory structure you want, and put the files you want in there something like this: package_1.0.0-1 package_1.0.0-1/DEBIAN package_1.0.0-1/DEBIAN/control package_1.0.0-1/usr package_1.0.0-1/usr/doc package_1.0.0-1/usr/doc/package package_1.0.0-1/usr/doc/package/README package_1.0.0-1/usr package_1.0.0-1/usr/bin package_1.0.0-1/usr/bin/foo package_1.0.0-1/usr/bin/bar look here: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/packaging.html/ch-binarypkg.html#s-controlfile too see what to put in the control file. then just run dpkg-deb -b package_1.0.0-1 and you have yourself a .deb file. -Brad > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bradley Bell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 2:22 PM > > To: Person, Roderick > > Cc: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' > > Subject: Re: Need Help Building my first .debs??? > > > > Well, what's the error? > > If the program you're trying to debianise has compilation instructions, > > try to follow those first, using "configure", "make", etc. and then when > > you're successful with that part, use dh_make and debuild. > > > > -Brad > > > > On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Person, Roderick wrote: > > > > > Hey All, > > > > > > I'm trying to package a .deb. I have read and followed the docs and the > > > HOWTOs. I must be missing something. I get a error 1 when running rules > > > script. Can someone point me to a nice tutorial on the web or give me > > some > > > helpful hints? Is there a generic way to build .debs? > > > > > > Roderick P. Person > > > Programmer I > > > CCBH (412)454-2616 > > > > > > "We're not that good. Everyone else just sucks!" > > > - anon. Navy Seal > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > > /dev/null > > > >
