[maemo-developers] Re: Building deb packages for the Nokia 770 is very easy
Thanks Armin, It's good to see how these things fit together. I'd really like to just use 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b' but it spits errors at me; My problem seems to be that I use ./configure;make;make install to compile. the Maemo Tutorial seems to want me to 'Run autogen.sh to generate application build configures: ' I don't have an autogen.sh to run to I fell back on to good old ./configure;mke;make install I believe this is why my attempts at a standard package fail; -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /scratchbox/login Welcome to maemo Development Platform 1.1! For further information please check out the official maemo website at http://www.maemo.org/. Copyright (c) 2005 Nokia [sbox-SDK_ARM: ~] cd plt [sbox-SDK_ARM: ~/plt] cd src/ [sbox-SDK_ARM: ~/plt/src] ls Makefile README config.h.in config.status ltmzscheme wxxt Makefile.in autogen.sh config.log configure mred wxcommon [sbox-SDK_ARM: ~/plt/src] dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b dpkg-parsechangelog: error: cannot open debian/changelog to find format: No such file or directory dpkg-buildpackage: unable to determine source package [sbox-SDK_ARM: ~/plt/src] -- [I even went to the extent of building from the latest stable source package for plt-scheme from the debian packages repository. ] I am tempted to package it up by hand - do you think I could just make up the contents of the 'control' file? eg --control-- Package: mzscheme Version: 209 Section: unstable Priority: optional Architecture: arm Depends: maemo Installed-Size: what here Maintainer: Stephen De Gabrielle Stephen.DeGabrielle AT gmail.com Description: mzscheme --end- What do you think? (I would really just prefer 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b' ) Stephen On 3/28/06, Armin M. Warda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Stephen, On Tuesday 28 March 2006 07:27, Stephen DeGabrielle wrote: [...] as I have not worked out how to package it yet [...] Building deb packages for the Nokia 770 is actually very easy, if you know how. This posting explains the basic structure of a simple package: http://maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/2006-March/000853.html regards, Armin. -- --- May the Source be with you! Linux. --- --- secure eMail: http://www.gnupg.de/ --- --- My Homepage http://armin-warda.de/ --- -- -- Stephen De Gabrielle ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: [maemo-developers] Re: Building deb packages for the Nokia 770 is very easy
disse -- Stephen DeGabrielle originais - My problem seems to be that I use ./configure;make;make install to compile. Not sure about this but could you not use checkinstall (http://asic-linux.com.mx/%7Eizto/checkinstall/) to make the .deb? abraços Ian -- .''`. : :' : `. `'` `- Orgulhoso ser MetaRecicleiro ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: [maemo-developers] Re: Building deb packages for the Nokia 770 is very easy
Stephen DeGabrielle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'd really like to just use 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b' but it spits errors at me; My problem seems to be that I use ./configure;make;make install to compile. Me too, and I haven't had a problem with this. the Maemo Tutorial seems to want me to 'Run autogen.sh to generate application build configures: ' I think that's assuming that you're starting from the developers' CVS repository for a product. I recommend starting from the most recently released tarball for the product in question, and then following the Debian new maintainer guide. At least that worked for me. In outline, in other words: - Get and unpack a pristine released tarball. - Go into the root dir of the unpacked tarball. - Do the dh_make step as described in the new maintainer guide. - Edit the debian/* files generally as described by the new maintainer guide, but removing lots of stuff that the 770 doesn't need or can't handle: pre and post scripts, manpage, etc.; also change debian/control so that the only dependency is maemo. - In debian/rules, make two key changes. - Change the configure line so that it has --prefix=/var/lib/install/usr. This means that the package will find its files in the right place once it has been installed. - Add two lines like this after the $(MAKE) install line: mv $(CURDIR)/debian/PACKAGE/var/lib/install/* $(CURDIR)/debian/PACKAGE/ rm -rf $(CURDIR)/debian/PACKAGE/var (replacing PACKAGE by your package name). This means that the files in the .deb appear to be rooted at /usr, which is what the 770's application installer needs. - dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot Good luck! Neil ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
