Look at checkinstall For making it distro independent , you may have to statically link all the libraries. Sunil
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 11:15 AM, subin sebastien <subinsebast...@yahoo.com>wrote: > You can use the dpkg-builpackage program. > I don't know if it can produce a noarch build but use > the -static option while compiling the source code to > get a library bundled binary. You can then try using the > dpkg. I have attached the synopsis of the software.. > You can try to get a man page for the same. Hope this > will solve your problem... > > > > --- On *Fri, 8/21/09, BINNY THOMAS <binn...@gmail.com>* wrote: > > > From: BINNY THOMAS <binn...@gmail.com> > Subject: [fsug-tvm] How to make a Debian Package > To: "ilug-tvm" <ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com> > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 7:39 AM > > > Hi all, > > Suppose I compiled a very useful program and Installed it on my system. Now > I want to create a Debian package so that I can share it with my friends. > How do we do that? > Also I want to make a distro independent version of it(not the debian > package but the program!), just like the package we get when we download the > latest version of Firefox, so rather than installing it we get to use it > right away. > > Thanks in advance! > Binny > > > > > > > > -- Sunil T T Assistant Professor Dept. of Electronics College of Engineering Attingal Pin 695 101 http://brainstorms.in --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
